[CQ-Contest] QSLs

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

I think this round stamper is quite popular... scroll down the page to see 
it...

http://www.qth.com/stamper/stamp1.htm

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Parry" <bparry at rgv.rr.com>
To: "'John Laney'" <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>; "'cq-contest reflector'" 
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QSLs


>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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