[CQ-Contest] e qsl

[Zack Widup]

DXCC plays by different rules than contest rules.  Martti Laine wrote an 
article a couple years ago that was published in QST about being off by 
one character in the logs. It's apparently perfectly acceptable to DXCC 
people to have a manager correct his log and issue a QSL if you're only 
off by that much and all the rest of the QSO info is correct.

One DXpedition's clock was off by several hours and some odd minutes.  I 
got a card back from them with THEIR QSO time on it.  The thing is, that 
particular band would've been dead here at that time. Maybe they tipped 
off DXCC desk that there was an error because no one ever questioned the 
QSL I sent in. When you've been on an uninhabited island for two weeks, 
you've been alternately baking in the day and freezing at night and 
you've had 2 hours sleep a night for those two weeks, anything could 
happen.

Also, Baldur's operation as 9U5DX in the early 90's had cards with the 
preprinted month on it, since the operation was only for about a week or 
so.  But it was the wrong month!  Again, DXCC Desk must've been informed 
of the error.

73, Zack W9SZ



On Mon, 2 May 2005, Bill Turner wrote:

> You apparently have never had YOUR call busted by a once-in-a-lifetime 
> DXpedition. If I am the DX station and I get your QSL card with time, date, 
> mode and band right and the call off by one letter, I will assume it's my 
> fault and I WILL QSL. To do otherwise would be cruel and unusual 
> punishment. :-)
> 
> --
> Bill, W6WRT
>