[UK-CONTEST] Contest QSLing policies

[Contesting]

Quoting from the message of Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:19:55 +0100 from "Andy
Swiffin" <a.l.swiffin at dundee.ac.uk> :

> Hi,

> As a result I have a 4 inch plus pile of
> cards to reply to.

Welcome to the 'real'  world - Hi !!

> Now, in these days of computerised logging the chore (for some people) 
> of generating card runs is much reduced - unlike the chore of
> replying.....   

> As a policy I do not blanket QSL - particularly for contests, but it
> looks to me like some people do.  What do other people do about replying
> to these?

And now You, and perhaps others, realise why, for G6PZ there exists a
policy of direct only. Not that 90% of the world can read - even after
they have checked the route on QRZ..or elsewhere.

> I have quite a few cards that are from major or minor expeditions, 
> Martii Laine seems to be very fastdious about QSLing and I've got cards
> from him as EA8BH, as ZA1A as OH/ZA... as .....  (I'm not sure if I
> actually have one from oh2bh :-).   Do people like that _really_ want a
> gm8oeg qsl for every incarnation that they've had (excellent card that
> it is)?   And how about other lesser known people who generate a card on
> computer but don't sign it or put 'pse qsl' on it - do they want a
> card?

The inference is yes, the practicalities infer no, as you very quickly
hit problems with QSL routing.

> I don't generate cards from the computer and don't particularly intend
> to start, I'm beginning to think of introducing a policy of only
> replying to signed cards which explicitly say 'pse qsl' although there
> is a temptation to say I'll only reply to hand written cards!

You mean can actually read half of them ? - I'll send you all my queries
- Hi HI !

> I'd be interested to hear what others do.

Two arguments really Andy.
One which says that the Final Courtesy of a QSO is a QSL - and that
starts to get VERY expensive.
The other says that this is where the PC is your friend. You answer the
first band/mode slot and any subsequent/duplicate requests get filed.

73 Graham M5AAV

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