[Dx-qsl] qsl returned (funny - red faced)

Sat Mar 8 20:46:00 2003

I have found generally, that most of My received cards have the month
written in and I always do likewise, although I do Have DD MM YY on My
Cards.. As We in VK write in the Queen's English (British) that is... 9th
March 2003.... as the date HAS to Start with the DAY.... 9th  MONTH then
YEAR....  if Not why not YY MM DD.... ??
Just My opinion.... Usually US  QSLs  Do Not have the month Written...
always Numbers!! and always confusing to the computer....
73
Lee VK2LEE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Francisco Costa" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] qsl returned (funny - red faced)

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steven Wheatley KU9C <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; Gary Stone <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] qsl returned (funny - red faced)

 Gary, I find this often...many European envelopes I get  do not have the
country
 It's the same thing with many direct US requests I get.
 That's why I always check the envelope before put it
 in the mailbox. In fact the last one I received was last friday... However
more strange than that is a card without callsign! Yes, you got it right. I
just got a card via buro without  callsign on it  It's one of those generic
Italian QSL cards, and obviously
 the operator forgot to fill the area reserved for call info
 (hand write or stamp, usually).
 Normally this was simple to track after checking the date/time. But not
this case. The QSO was done during ARRL 10m test and I loogged several
italian stations on same minute... I guess I'll never be able to reply to
this one.
  Speaking of wrong info on cards, it's very usually to see reversed
day/month on US  card (obviously because different standards).
 It was much simple if stations used month word abreviation (Jan, Feb,etc)
or roman number (I, IV, etc.). Just an opinion

 Have a nice sunday
 73 F.Costa, CT1EAT
 www.qsl.net/ct1eat