[UK-CONTEST] Fw: QSL policy

[Steve GW4BKG]

Sorry I keep forgetting that this email reflector works in different way to 
some others I subscribe to.
Steve
GW4BKG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve GW4BKG" <gw4bkg at btinternet.com>
To: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] QSL policy


>I always understood that you had to take specific action to be listed in 
>qrz.com.
> Like you I have not written my life history there !!
> Certainly HamCall (the old paper USA & DX listings) just takes the 
> information from
> published callbooks & the like.
> I can think of a number of active amateurs with long-established calls who 
> do not feature in
> qrz.com.
> Perhaps others can throw some light on this.
> Steve
> GW4BKG
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] QSL policy
>
>
>> On 2 Feb 2010 at 15:09, Steve GW4BKG wrote:
>>
>>> Before I send off a QSL either bureau or direct I always check the
>>> station's entry in qrz.com to note any comments made concerning QSLing.
>>> I have to say that a) the vast majority of stations have an entry - in
>>> my post 2006 log only .5% of stations do not feature
>>
>> Those 99.5% of calls have an entry solely because they appear in the
>> various printed callbooks (based on information issued by the licensing
>> authorities). The number of amateurs who actively participate in
>> qrz.com and have gone to the trouble to set up an account and add their
>> own details is MUCH MUCH lower than that, probably down to 5% or so of
>> all amateurs and 20% of those who actively operate on hf. I think the
>> value of qrz.com has been overplayed in some areas.
>>
>> I do have a minimal entry on qrz.com which I have ensured is correct
>> but that is about it. I view it as being an online logbook, normally
>> searched directly from my logging program, and little else and have no
>> wish to tell my life story there.
>>
>> As for QSLs, I used to reply 100% to bureau cards but have lost
>> interest in doing so, so those received just get filed among all the
>> others in shoe boxes. I guess when I kick the bucket they will just go
>> into the recycling....
>>
>> 73 Dave G3YMC
>>
>> http://www.davesergeant.com
>>
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