[50mhz] Re: QSL's

[Peter Markavage]

A thought just crossed my mind in regards to Dan's post. With the
requirement that logs don't have to be kept, how does the QSL receiver
truly know he/she actually made a two-way contact. Sometimes in a band
opening, I can make lots of contacts but I don't logged them except
sometimes some scratching on a piece of paper. When the paper is full, it
gets tossed. The QSL receiver is verifying that they truly made the
contact yet he/she has nothing on their end to prove it.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:57:19 -0400 "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf at att.net>
writes:
> To All the VHF Ops who do not reply to my SASE QSL:
> 
> 1) In case nobody ever told you, the QSL is the final courtesy in 
> making a 
> QSO.
> 
> 2) Now maybe you don't need my QSL card but I just might need yours. 
> I am 
> working toward VUCC and WAS and DXCC on 6 meters.
> 
> 3) I always send an SASE with my card. This means that I want yours 
> also. 
> Now I can understand that after spending $1,000 for a radio and 
> another few 
> thousand for a 70 ft tower and SteppIR, you are broke. But why keep 
> my 
> envelope and postage stamp. Find a piece of paper, 3 x 5 card, Beer 
> Label, 
> empty Marlboro pack, brown paper bag, sheet of toilet paper or 
> whatever and 
> hand write a reply card. Put in my envelope with my prepaid postage 
> and send 
> it.
> 
> It's not like I have unlimited time on my hands to sit in front of 
> the rig 
> and wait for grids and states to open up. I make one Oregon contact 
> all 
> season and it is worth my time to send an SASE just to get no reply. 
> Postage 
> and envelopes add up in cost too. Same is true for other grids and 
> other 
> states. If you need free postage to pay your bills, get the postage 
> 
> somewhere else, not from me.
> 
> Best Regards
> Dan Schaaf
> K3ZXL   www.k3zxl.com   "In the Beginning, there was Spark Gap"