Bill,
I agree with Claudio. Even if a person uses the Buro you still have
printing costs plus the cost to send a box of cards to the ARRL to be
sent out, plus the time involved.
All my Buro cards are from me making replies to QSL requests I received
VIA the buro. I just sent a 4 lb box off to the ARRL at a cost of $8.00
per lb. That was 6 months worth of cards. I am catching up on a big
batch of cards I received via my home call for contests I did from the
Philippines. Included were almost 100 SWL cards.
However, if I need the other guys card I will send him my request direct
with a SASE, SAE with GS or IRC, depending on the country.
There is one op who has traveled to several rare IOTA's in OC-159,
OC-013, and OC-083. When you look him up on qrz.com he states he does
not print QSL cards. He states if you want a QSL to go to eqsl.com and
look for his eqsl to you there. Then print out the eqsl card and mail
it to him in Sweden with a SAE and GS's and he will verify the contact
and send you back the eqsl card. I have worked him in Oct 2001 and
again in Oct 2005 and have never seen a eqsl for me posted. He also
states that he will NOT reply to any direct QSL requests as he has no
cards to send out. Check it out yourself at www.qrz.com/zk1etw. I
could live with his special requests IF he did post his contacts on eqsl
but I have yet to see them. I have sent my QSL to him for the 2001
contacts but never received a reply as per what he has posted on qrz.com.
Has anyone ever been able to get a QSL from him via eqsl or any other
source?
73
IK2DZN - Claudio Astorri wrote:
>Hi Bill,
>
>you have explained the other thing around.
>
>Computer guys with label printing know log facts really very well.
>They know in a second if you are confirmed or not and on which band.
>
>Be sure that if they send you a QSL card it's because your vanity call, your
>rare State or your uncommon county is not confirmed in their log.
>
>The more you do not answer to them, the more QSL cards you will receive by
>them. So answer the first time and they'll leave you in peace.
>
>In fact they will make this check anytime they work you, particularly after
>contests.
>
>In "normal QSOs" the QSL agreement is taken at the end of the QSO by the 2
>parts and can be easily reported in the log.
>
>So in "normal QSOs" you have the chance of saying "Please no QSL" even if
>your ham-spirit gets high doubts. In contests you have not this chance
>available.
>
>
>---
>
>
>Now, a question to those who think that they are honest because they are
>saying they do not reply to QSLs (confessing is just the first step guys...
>then you have to change things...)
>
>If you are in a rare county or State and make tons of QSOs each year (you
>have good time, don't you?...) why don't you hire a QSL MANAGER?
>
>This would save you even more time for contesting and would be at least an
>honest behaviour in the ham community.
>
>I do not think that QSL managers are there for rare DXCC entities only. They
>are active when the QSL traffic is big. Isn't this the case?!?
>
>
>Thanks.
>
>Claudio Astorri, IK2DZN
>
>
>ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
>At 10:01 AM 1/7/2006, Sherman Banks wrote:
>
>
>>Computer logging and printing labels have
>>taken a lot of the work out of QSLing.
>>
>>
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>And that is part of the problem. Some stations just crank out QSLs by
>the gross whether they need a confirmation or not. Many times I have
>received a QSL for a contact which I have already QSLed. Same band,
>same mode, everything the same except the date and time. Those guys
>are not even looking at their log, just pressing the print button and
>sending 'em out. Very annoying.
>
>Bill, W6WRT
>
>
>
--
Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
Official USCG Auxiliary Comm Station
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired
Aviation Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
U.S. Coast Guard, Always Ready, Always There
Every hour, Every day, Around the Clock and Around the World
SEMPER PARATUS
http://gocoastguard.com
http://www.uscgradio.net
http://www.comm-one.org
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|