[50mhz] Re: QSL's

[TR, WB6TMY]

Guys,

My two cents.

I have shoe boxes full of QSL's and hours and dollars spent on them.

I have joined the 21st century and I ONLY QSL via eQSL.cc and 
LOTW.  I don't reply to printed posted paper - it's in the waste can 
before it is opened.

I just can't understand why anyone doesn't do this the modern way.

TR, WB6TMY
Tel: . . . 707-832-4304
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Heck, Pete, I must say I don't know anybpody else who "logs" (or 
doesn't log, I guess) the way you do. I maintain a computer log in 
front of me constantly when I operate so I'll have a record of QSOs 
from which to derive information about my operating and band 
conditions at various times, etc., in addition to QSL requests. I've 
sent back more than one QSL card request with the notation "not in 
log", because I know that if it isn't in my log, it didn't happen. 
Most of the people I talk with on 6M claim to keep logs as they 
operate, either on paper or on computer -- about 50-50, seems like.

I'm sure it's true that some guys never log anything (well, I know at 
least one now!), or that the occasional QSO won't get logged on the 
other end if the guy is mobile or something -- but I do believe most 
hams continue to keep regular logs, especially if they know they are 
recceiving QSL requests regularly. Even ongoing proliferation of 
computer log software leads me to conclude that logging is far from 
extinct in amateur radio.  :-)  For similar reasons, no one is seeing 
CW disappear as a communications mode just beause the FCC is no 
longer reqiring people to pass exams on it.

Bill W5WVO


Peter Markavage wrote:
>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"
>Moderator: Ray Brown, KB0STN
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