[CQ-Contest] eQSL change of policy

[Richard Zalewski]

RO

I just pulled all of my logs from eqsl and will not answer cards through
that service anymore.  It's a shame.

Dick W7ZR

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvan Katz" <jskatz at sk.sympatico.ca>
To: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw at fyi.net>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] eQSL change of policy


> > If you don't log a QSO and forget to fill out or send a card, and have
no
> > way of following up on it later because of a lack of a log entry
(mobile,
> > portable or otherwise) who's fault is this and why is this blame now
being
> > assigned to LotW which is still a work in progress?
>
> There is an implicit assumption in the above statement that may not be
quite
> accurate. It appears to assume that both sides of a qso care about awards
> and QSLs. I, for example, don't really care about awards and qsl cards. On
> the other hand, I sure want to help those who do by confirming their qso
> with me. I don't send QSL cards by mail --- a bit too expensive for my
> simple life -- however, eQSLs are ideal. Although, I must admit I have
never
> initiated an eQSL but I have responded to hundreds of them.
>
> By law I do not have to keep a general log. In practice I don't keep a
> general log. I do keep contest logs. After, they are scored, they are
> compressed, archived and put on a shelf. Too be quite honest I do not have
> the time to search through contest logs, and some months I may have 4
> contests logs, to confirm each QSL or eQSL that comes to my mail and
> e-mail.boxes.
>
> I rely on the honor system - if a fellow amateur wants an eQSL card from
me
> then all he has to do is send me an eQSL. I will assume he values our qso
> and that he is honorable enough to provide me with accurate information
> about our qso in his eQSL . And until the recent change of policy at
eQSL.cc
> I use to "eQSL 100 percent" but it seems they are forcing me to change my
> words to "I never QSL". What a pity.
>
> As others have pointed out, QSLing "is  fundamentally an honor system and
we
> should be striving for ways to implement that honor system as painlessly
as
> possible."
>
> .. sylvan
>
> Ô¿Ô¬
> ----------------
> Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX
> Saskatoon, SK
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