[UK-CONTEST] "Bin my cards"...

[Steve GW4BKG]

Like Nigel I still enjoy collecting QSL cards even after some 40 years of 
operating.
I always check a station's qrz.com entry before sending a card & see very 
few instances
where the operator has specifically indicated that he does not want to QSL.
I would have thought that SCC calls would be of specific interest to WPX 
collectors
like myself.
If you really do not want to exchange cards please say so on QRZ.
I will avoid further "soapbox" comment on the general subject of QSLing as I 
got myself
mildly "flamed" last time I did !!
73s


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nigel G3TXF" <nigel at G3TXF.com>
To: "'UK Contest Reflector'" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:07 AM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] "Bin my cards"...


> Hello Chris,
>
> I entirely agree. The new SCC calls will have been selected
> in order to give the operator some hoped for advantage (i.e
> ease of recognition, shorter call and/or rarer prefix) for
> use in Contests. Great. No problem with that. But then to
> say "stuff you Chaps, if you want a QSL" or words to that
> effect by refusing to collect (and to reply to) cards from
> the volunteer-run RSGB Sub-Bureau, does seem to be a trifle
> lacking in generosity (known in our hobby as Ham Spirit).
> Yes, as you say, there are still many who enjoy exchanging
> and collecting QSLs, whether it's for a contest QSO or not.
>
> 73 - Nigel G3TXF
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> CHRIS COLCLOUGH
> Sent: 29 April 2010 20:20
> To: Mike Harris; uk-contest at contesting.com;
> r.bunce237 at btinternet.com; CDXC at yahoogroups.com;
> g3rau at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] [CDXC] Re: Short calls & the buro
>
> This is another of the usual "I don't need the card so bin
> it attitude" that most contesters have. I know it is hard to
> believe but somewhere out there people do like to get cards
> for their contest contacts - nice new prefix, new licencee's
> first contact with UK, etc - and will send the card.
>
> So please don't just bin them, it is just pure selfishness
> if you do. But then maybe it is just me who thinks this as
> society in general is very selfish now!!!
>
>
> Chris Colclough
> G1VDP
> http://www.g1vdp.com
> http://www.mc0shl.com"If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery
> never changes"
>
> Tel: 024 7673 5940
> Mob: 07505 359709
> QTHR
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Harris <mike.harris at cwimail.fk>
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com; r.bunce237 at btinternet.com;
> CDXC at yahoogroups.com; g3rau at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, 29 April, 2010 19:39:54
> Subject: Re: [CDXC] Re: [UK-CONTEST] Short calls & the buro
>
> G'day,
>
> Surely the downside is there will be people who want the SCC
> card.
> If the incoming just get binned at the bureau how's that
> going to happen.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike VP8NO
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <g3rau at aol.com>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>;
> <r.bunce237 at btinternet.com>; <CDXC at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:15 PM
> Subject: [CDXC] Re: [UK-CONTEST] Short calls & the buro
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 29/04/2010 15:17:02 GMT Daylight Time,
>> thomaswylie at sky.com writes:
>>
>> I would  think that being used in Contests most people
> wont want their
>> cards in any  case.....
>>
>> Tom
>> GM4FDM
>>
>>
>> Exactly  Tom,
>> All the new short contest call holders are requested to
> tell Rose if
>> they want her to bin their unwanted contest cards. I don't
> know how
>> many  shinny new short contest calls have just been issued
> by OFCOM,
>> but there will be quite an upsurge in card volume at her
> sub buro when
>> they all start being used.
>> If people take the time now to advised her to "bin on
> receipt", or
>> whatever, it will make her life a lot easier.
>> 73 Derek G3RAU
>> p.s.
>> Does anybody know roughly how many new SCCs have  been
> issued?
>
>
>
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