WISH I could get comfortable with this concept! I've been hearing
some tales about how expensive it is for the DX stations to feed
cards back to another thousand W4's, etc. THEY sure don't need
another card! Word has it that some are refusing Bureau cards. I
give them credit -- I think there's more at work here than profit
motive. The DX gets ALL the WORK and all the EXPENSE also. No
WONDER my return rate is so low!
LoTW seems like such a PROMISING concept -- but with buggy
programming, not inconsiderable expense for the supposedly automated
process, extortion-grade fees to paid members in addition, and
unforgiving and arcane procedures -- it's no wonder that it is a
slow concept to catch hold around the World! As long as the ARRL
has a profit motive going I don't expect the situation to improve
here and CQ and other contests/award entities will continue to be
shut out.
It's on US, guys. As long as we value those cards as we do we just
have to be prepared to suffer these consequences, I'm afraid. ALL
HAIL the DXers, local and abroad, who step up and meet the test of
that old adage: "The job's not done till the paperwork is done."
Thank you for the cards I do receive, DXers abroad. Vic, W4VIC
Randy Thompson wrote:
> I bypassed all of this and started using GlobalQSL. They print the cards
> (full color) and the info all at the same time. AND they ship it to the
> buro for you.
>
> www.globalqsl.com
>
> Randy
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> kr2q@optonline.net
>> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 3:45 PM
>> To: CQ-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] printing QSO info directly onto QSLs: hw?
>>
>> RE: Printing contest QSO info directly onto QSL cards
>>
>> I can print log/qso info on labels till the cows come home....
>>
>> But I'd like to print the info directly onto the QSLs.
>> Is there some sort of special printer or paper feeder for this?
>> I can't imagine printing 1000's via the "10 at a time" method.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> de Doug KR2Q
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