[UK-CONTEST] Electronic QSL's

[Rob Harrison]

Hi all,

Thanks for your input, much as I expected then. It s a very good method of 
receiving and sending a QSL quickly, and for those that aren't bureau 
members is a boon. The only gripe with it is endless "cards" for the 
stations you work regularly, and having to wade through them to see if a 
card is really needed. Unless there's a way round it I'm not aware of.

It's a shame that, because of a very small minority, national societies 
won't accept it. Some countires it's not worth sending even a direct card, 
with green stamps, etc, or it will never reach the intended person.

As for the RSGB web pages, I've emailed Don Beattie about the dead links and 
no VHF awards manager, some weeks ago, hopefully he'll sort it out. Whilst 
the then manager was accepting eQSL for awards, it's led to a confused 
situation, which has not helped.

Thanks again,

Bob G8HGN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
To: "UK-Contests" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Electronic QSL's


>
> On 26 Jul 2011 at 14:28, Colin Thomas wrote:
>
>> 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 the eQSL site is out of date.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
>>
>
> OK Colin, I will email N5UP who posted the original on eQSL and update
> him. As I said, I know there are some on here that slate it, one of
> which has already replied. Personally I don't chase awards apart from
> the occasion DXCC update, but I actively use eQSL for my personal aims.
> I don't accept it is as open to abuse that some claim, if I receive an
> eQSL for a QSO I haven't made there is normally a reason, ie the chap
> uploaded with his home call instead of a contest special. All eQSLs
> which are not in my log are simply rejected in eQSL. I have never had
> totally bogus ones. But everybody is entitled to their views.
>
> 73 Dave G3YMC
>
> http://www.davesergeant.com
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