[CQ-Contest] QSLs

[Bill Parry]

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 at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at 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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