Well, when they start having a business card collecting contest
I'll opt out of that one too!!!
73, Dennis N6KI
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:53:12 -0800 Haddon/N6ZFO <hounds1234@comcast.net>
writes:
> Regarding the JA QSL cards:
>
> During many years in the laboratory we had many visitors
> from Japan. Every Japanese visitor offered, usually with
> ceremony, his or her business card. It was done even in the
> days when it was not so customary among US scientists to
> exchange cards.
>
> So my take is a little different. I don't think we are
> necessarily expected to respond to every card, but it might
> offensive to refuse or discourage the customary sending of
> the QSL's, just as declining a business card from a Japanese
> visitor might be considered in poor taste. In a sense, the
> JA's, or at least a tiny bit of their RF energy, visits our
> shacks for a few moments during our QSO's.
>
> I also compliment the JA's in the design of their often
> distinctively beautiful QSL cards. Several of the JA cards
> which I received as a novice in the 50's were on my wall for
> years because of their strikingly beautiful designs.
>
>
> 73 Bill n6zfo
>
> n6ki@juno.com wrote:
>
> > This is a copy of a letter I recently sent to ARRL
> >
> >
> > Dear Sir or Madam,
> >
> > This is a matter that concerns me and many other radio
> amateurs
> > who QSL religiously and receive many JA QSL cards from
> contests.
> >
> > I had heard rumor that MANY Japanese amateurs were
> involved in
> > obtaining as many non JA QSL cards from hams all over the world
> for some
> > sort of contest. It gets to be very annoying, expensive and time
> > consuming to
> > send QSL cards to the same guy many times over for same BAND/MODE
> > contacts!!!
> >
> > Here is what is written on a QSL card recently received from
> JA2OLJ
> >
> > ....."Please send me your QSL Card for the Award that is the
> greatest One
> > in Japan
> > named Sekai 10,000 KYOKU YOMIURI AWARD. The Award needs 10,000
> cards or
> > more
> > from many DX stations without JA"
> >
> > At this point I am inclined to ignore all JA cards that do
> not arrive
> > with
> > S.A.S.E., IRCs or Green Stamps
> >
> > I see no inherent value for anyone other than the JA
> stations
> > collecting QSL cards for a frivolous award.
> >
> > 73, Dennis Vernacchia N6KI
> > San Diego
> >
> > P.S. - I see on his card that this card to me was #48,183....I am
> sure
> > the QSL printers
> > are the only ones that are happy and benefiting from this
> >
> >
> >
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