[CQ-Contest] Signing/verifying QSLs

[Jim Rhodes]

Ken, if I had worked you I would be glad to get such a card. Remind me to 
never send a card Bruce.

At 11:27 AM 8/10/03, Bruce Sawyer wrote:
> >I am blanket QSLing VY2TT QSOs. (I have clearly printed "NO REPLY QSL
>NEEDED" on each card, so...."
>
>But each person who did the favor of giving VY2TT a QSO during contests will
>now be penalized by having to pay the postage to receive a QSL card he
>likely neither needs nor wants.  And then comes the time penalty of
>searching for that "NO REPLY NEEDED" notice which often is so difficult to
>find.  I'm sure this saves Ken time, because now he doesn't have to process
>any incoming cards.  But he saved his time by shifting the burden over to
>everybody else who helped him during the contest.
>
>It is this practice, multiplied by hundreds of contesters, which led me long
>ago to swear off bureau cards.  I don't even send the bureau money to
>forward them to me, and trust they put them right where they belong:  in the
>trash.  Fortunately, I do have a QSL manager for my ZF operations who is
>willing to sort through the stacks of bureau cards like Ken's and try to
>find the ones which do request a response, then answer them.  For the life
>of me, though, I can't understand where he finds the patience to do that.
>But I'm glad he does, because I'm certain there are some people who do need
>confirmation on ZF and for whom postage for direct QSLs could be a hardship.
>His job would be a lot easier, though, if so many contesters (many of whom
>are on this reflector) didn't follow Ken's lead in this and shift the cost
>and time burden off to the people who gave them points during contests.
>
>Bruce, N6NT
>
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Jim Rhodes K0XU
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