[ADXA] pay for play - 3D2AG and VK9DX

[Bill Priakos]

Most of you probably already know this, but it takes $4.00 to get a QSL OR confirmation on LOTW from 3D2AG  A N D five bucks to get the same from VK9DX.  I snared both of them yesterday on 6 meters, FT8. Damn!

Well, I’ll do it because I would really like to get DXCC on the “magic band”, but it galls me, nonetheless ☹.

Fellow members, I think I have been a ham the longest among ADXA members - since 02/04/1955 and I used to get QSL cards from folks; “U R my first Arkansas, PSE QSL and I did (I’m sure we ALL have those requests, even today).  I recall one early contact’s card that had on it, “the final courtesy of a QSO is a QSL”.  Isn’t that neat?!  Hey, It’s The Way It Ought To Be 😊.  I sure used and still use SASE for QSL’s I want but I remember when even THAT was not required – in the early days, contacts would send just the card…no envelope…..and postage was ONLY 3 CENTS!  (Yes, I am THAT OLD).

Just a senior citizen’s rant….

73 es Good Hunting!

Bill

Bill Priakos - W5SJ
10 Free Ferry Heights
Fort Smith, AR 72903
479.461.8368

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