[UK-CONTEST] Electronic QSL's

[Colin Thomas]

The answer is no and has been for a number of years.

There is no VHF Awards Committee and in fact the only person dealing with
RSGB awards these days is John G3LZQ who took over as Awards Manager when we
combined the HF and VHF/UHF roles a few years ago.   The previous VHF awards
manager did accept eQSL but this was done without consultation with other
interested parties.   Thus the information on the eQSL site is out of date.

73

Colin, G3PSM

On 26 July 2011 14:09, Dave Sergeant <dave at davesergeant.com> wrote:

> I thought the answer was a firm no. However on the eQSL site there is a
> statement dated November 2005 at http://www.eqsl.cc/qslcard/OrgBB.cfm
> that says
>
> 'RSGB - For VHF/UHF awards, the RSGB says: "A print of an
> electronically received qsl card is acceptable providing it contains
> all the details of the qso." See this page for specifications on what
> should be on the card.'
>
> (half way down the page, search for RSGB). But the link given is now a
> dead link. There is no mention of anything in the current RSGB VHF
> awards rules (http://www.rsgb.org/vhfawards/ et al).
>
> Maybe the VHF awards committee (if they monitor this reflector) can
> comment on the current situation.
>
> Despite criticism in many quarters (I know there are many on here who
> slate it), eQSL remains a useful tool but you have to accept it can be
> used for very few awards. If your interests are just self satisfaction
> in knowing you really did work somebody though it is fine. LOTW is
> widely touted, but that currently only counts towards ARRL awards so is
> no good for RSGB ones.
>
> 73 Dave G3YMC
>
> On 26 Jul 2011 at 11:15, Rob Harrison wrote:
>
> > This is a bit off topic but I've tried loads of avenues and drawn blanks
> > all round.
> >
> > Are electronic QSL's, EQSL etc, valid for RSGB awards, specifically at
> > VHF and above. I'm under the impression they aren't, even when
> > certificated. But I can't get an answer from any of the obvious
> > channels, RSGB, awards manager, QSL bureau, or VHF manager.
> >
> > If they are could someone tell me which are and those that aren't. I've
> > been using eQSL, but once you send one it's nigh on impossible to
> > solicit a real card. What with all the dupes too, I've had to stop using
> > it.
> >
>
>
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