[Dx-qsl] buro cards

[Kenji Rikitake JJ1BDX]

In the message <200509172303.AA86966440 at ku9c.com>
dated Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 11:03:04PM -0400,
Steven Wheatley KU9C <ku9c at ku9c.com> writes:
> JA's, DL's as well.  The other thing I get, particularly for the contest stations...is a QSL for EVERY QSO..regardless of how many times they've worked (and received QSLs) and received band/mode confirms.

As a defendant in this case as a JARL member and the QSL bureau
subscriber:

JARL bureau has no metering of the QSL cards indeed.  Even though JARL
is in a serious financial crisis, the metering idea hasn't been showing
up, at least since 2002.

And many JAs *demand* (at least to) JAs to send paper QSLs (not me).
I try not to work too many JAs, but I think I don't have to refuse them,
so I have to issue quite a few QSLs to JAs.

My apologies for those who received my duplicated band-mode QSLs,
especially for those in the USA.  Since ARRL DX Int'l Contest 2005, I
decided not to issue the paper cards for North-American-specific
contests, unless I really want to.  LoTW serves well for the QSL
confirmation for contesting stations and I do appreciate that.

I should have run some duplicate-band-and-mode-elimination database
scripts for my log, but in the past three years since June 2005 I'm sure
I was too lazy to do so.  I'm sorry.

I suggest QSL managers who do think JARL bureau users are abusing
other QSL bureaus to speak up and write to JARL.  The international
division has the email address intl at jarl.or.jp.

And I have written about the usage-metering system is the de-facto
standard for non-Japanese QSL bureaus at least for two different ham
radio magazines, of course in Japanese.

It seems, however, many of the DXers in Japan, unfortunately, don't care
much about this issue.

I do respect QSL managers and I always thank you for your time and
enthusiasm.

Enuff said.
73
// Kenji Rikitake, JJ1BDX(/3) es JO3FUO