I think that QSLing is a pain but...
I remember when I was getting started I personally checked the mail everyday
for cards. I just loved to get the cards. It is real hard to not QSL to
everyone that sends me one so I decided on a plan.
I reply to all bureau cards through the bureau, I reply to all direct cards
if they have SASE, and via the bureau if no SASE. (I do not reply to USA
cards without SASE - well maybe not all the time.) I upload all my QSOs to
LOTW and even eQSL. I follow this process at the end of each month. Varies
between 200 - 500 QSLs per month.
Since I have logging software, I monitor who I have sent cards to and I
don't send cards for duplicate contacts until at least 1 year after I sent
the original. (Sometimes I get 3 or 4 cards from the same station/contact
within three months and I know the bureau cards haven't gotten there yet.)
If I have multiple additional contacts with a station, I usually confirm as
many of those contacts as I can on that card.
I was using mail labels until recently. They are expensive, and difficult to
use. Two months ago, with some help, I learned how to print directly on my
QSLs. That was wonderful. NO more labels! I can usually finish my logging
chores for the month in two or three hours. I use lightweight QSLs so a lot
fit into an envelope to the bureau. (I send the Jas to the JA bureau direct,
it's cheaper.
Bill, W5VX
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
>bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul T. Antos
>Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:12 PM
>To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QSL Practices
>
>As Bill W6WRT mentions, some stations do QSL ad nauseam. Burro cards with
>no "pse" on them I don't bother to answer. However, I have received
>multiple requests for the same contact because they never got my return QSL
>via the burro. One particular YB station sent three times in the course of
>10 years, successively noting he never received a reply. I finally sent it
>direct.
>
>I don't get too many requests, so I don't consider it a PITA. Certainly
>explains why the few cards I want to get don't show up despite the
>SASE/IRC/DUCATs.
>
>Paul WB2ABD
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