[Dx-qsl] SWL data is correct, but

[DE1DXX at aol.com]

Hi again Tom,
 
okay, you're right if you are not interested in a real report. Other hams  
are...
But verifying a correct SWL report is a kind of ham spirit for me.
I have many QSLs where hams say "thank you" for a real report and my
ufb - card. (The ufb card is surely a personal point of view)
So I assume that some hams even like "nice" or "interesting" cards.  
Collecting
QSL-cards is - in my opinion - even a part of this fantastic hobby.
 
Your a even absolutly right when speaking of those black sheeps writing  from
the cluster. So I personally prefer (as an SWL) the method of Graham  M5AAV:
2 or better 3 logs - best 2 or 3 times in a row. Nearly impossible to write  
this
from the cluster ...
 
If someone from  ZS-land beams to JA-land, it is hard (may be  impossible) to 
hear
this contact in DL. Of course my chances are good, if the DX-station beams  
to Europe.
But in this case, I can only hear the contacts with EU-stations....
 
vy 73 and a nice time
Andreas
SWL DE1DXX --- HAM DO1DXX
QSL-manager DL0KM and DL0M

In einer eMail vom 24.02.2007 12:25:04 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt  
tom at gm4fdm.com:

Hi  Andreas

well I dont think that is really a good arguement.   My point of view 
is really that if I make a QSO with  somebody, I do not really care how 
many LED's are lit on the front of my  rig.   On 10m  I have had many 
good loud QSOs where the S  Meter does not move.   By the time a SWL card 
arrives I've  forgotten what band condx were like anyway.

What good is a SWL card  from Germany to me, when I am in QSO with a 
German station who tells me I  am loud and clear.   It serves no useful 
purpose and merely  blocks up the buro system.   I have had a few 
interesting SWL  cards over the years eg my first ever Chinese QSL was 
from a SWL station  in China giving me a report when I was in QSO with 
USA.   Now  that was before cluster time etc so was interesting, but now 
so many  people use cluster etc to cheat and they do not realise they are 
only  cheating themselves.

73 de tom
GM4FDM



 
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