[RTTY] Spring Break RTTY Sprint

[George Johnson]

Peter et al,
Keep the faith in the QSL "process".  It is alive and well.

I completed 5BWAS in January.  All but one 80m KL7 QSO confirmation was 
RTTY.  40 states were 5 bands from the same station.  KY was K4WW (thanks 
Shelby).  An SASE with a personal note on the card probably helped and I 
got some really nice notes back from well wishers; young and old.  Most 
contacts were in contests.  Many were from RTTY stations who post here 
regularly.

And in spite of MA being pretty "available", I still receive a few QSL 
requests after every contest for one band or another.  I always QSL all 
band / mode contacts in my log from a single request.  Who knows when that 
station might want to chase more bands at a future date.  This is the same 
for DX cards via the bureau.  (I don't send any more band / mode cards to 
ON4UN as he has all of mine now...  Hi Hi)

LoTW will get there eventually but the cards and personal notes are still 
my favorite.  DK3VN, Waldemar, and I have exchanged cards (and 
observations).  My "shoebox" of DL cards will eventually be sorted for some 
of the European and DARC awards outlined in K1BV's award book.

However, I am shocked to hear that you don't enter all contests to 
win.  Steve, N1NB, noted to me  that he was surprised to hear my BARTG 
Spring QSO with XV1X long after the contest started was my serial nr 
001.  I bet he thought I was DXing and not trying to win.  Hmmm...
73, George .. W1ZT


At 10:50 AM 4/5/2004, Peter Laws wrote:
>On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Don Inbody wrote:
>
>-> I can understand why someone might not want to QSL all contest contacts by
>-> QSL cards, paying postage on each, but with the advent of eQSL and LotW, it
>-> is nearly effortless and I find it useful to confirm the contacts in my 
>log.
>
>LoTW isn't accepted for WAS, AFAIK.
>
>I know it may come as a shock to many, but I'm not in contests to win, I'm
>in to collect QSOs (and confirmations) for awards.
>
>My current situation (both time available and antenna) prevents me from
>making a truly serious effort to win, so awards is where I focus my effort
>(I used to like to see my station's callsign in QST and to see how I did
>against folks, but that "reward" is gone now).
>
>If it's too much to ask for confirmation of said QSOs, maybe The Rest Of
>Us shouldn't bother working some folks on more than one band.  Or as the
>DL gentleman said, not at all.
>
>
>--
>73,
>Peter Laws
>N5UWY/9
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