To Bill and John,
I understand the need to meticulously protect the integrity of a QSL confirming
a "rare" DX entity, but a QSL card from California, or Georgia or Texas?? Give
me a break!? And pleeeeze let's not start the "cheating" thread again.
Arnie? N6HC
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Parry <bparry@rgv.rr.com>
To: 'John Laney' <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>; 'cq-contest reflector'
<cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 2:11 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QSLs
I had forgotten to mention that I use to little round stamp saying confirmed
by W5VX also. I had a hard time finding one of these, but I am sure that
someone makes these as a specialty item if you know where to look.
Incidentally, John, I used to use those mail labels but they are a real pain
and they are kinda expensive. In fact I still have an almost complete box
of 100 sheets of Avery 5161 labels in my desk here. I converted over to
printing directly of the cards. Much less of a pain to deal with. (Ever get
one of those *&#!# labels stuck down in your printer!) My arthritis
convinced me to stop with the labels. I bought a little faster printer with
bigger ink cartridges, larger document feeder and I'm set. I can take 200
QSLs from the bureau envelope, put them in the DXBase QSL "que", and print
them out in alpha order in about an hour. That is heaven to someone who can
barely write.
Bill, W5VX
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Laney
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:35 PM
To: cq-contest reflector
Subject: [CQ-Contest] QSLs
Dennis: Your remark about signing across the label or using a rubber
stamp reminds me of an experience I had a few years ago. (BTW, I use a
round "confirmed by K4BAI" stamp that is reinkable and doesn't require
use of a stamp pad.)
I had worked and QSLled a ZC4 on a band I needed, maybe 17 CW. While
waiting for a reply to my QSL with SAE and IRC, I got an e-mail from a
M3 or M0 operator who wanted to know if I had his QSL from the ZC4,
since he got mine in his SAE by mistake. I e-mailed him back and said
that I had had no reply to my request yet. He then responded that I
shouldn't worry about it because he had peeled the label off and had
written his QSO information in place of the label, so he had what he
needed! Hard to imagine that anyone thinks that is so OK that he could
confess to it in an e-mail, but apparently he didn't think he was doing
anything wrong. So, a rubber stamp across the label would have
prevented that. Eventually, I got my envelope back from the ZC4 with my
own QSL correctly filled out. Forgot to notice if it used a label or
not. So, the suggestion you have received with regard to making the
labels almost foolproof by use of a stamp or signature partly on and
partly off the label was a good one. 73, John, K4BAI.
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