[CQ-Contest] QSLs

[John Laney]

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.