[Dx-qsl] SWL data is correct, but

[Alfred J Cammarata]

Well, never know. lots of hams got started as SWL.. I answer ones I get.
If he took the time for me, I feel i owe him an answer. 73 Al w3awu

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:01:20 +0000 Tom Wylie <tom at gm4fdm.com> writes:
> Personally I can see little value in SWL QSLing any more.   The vast 
> majority of SWL Cards I get for example are like an SWL Card from 
> Germany for a QSO between me and a German Station   or a SWL card 
> from  France giving details of a QSObetween me and a French station.   
It 
> 
> seems a strange thing to me that many former eastern bloc hams as 
> well  as a QSL card, send you a SWL card for the same QSO.   What is
that 
> all  about.
> 
> I'm afraid I am considering giving up SWL QSLing entirely.    
> Nowadays  it seems a pointless exercose.
> 
> 
> Tom
> 
> GM4FDM
> 
> 
> 
> Kenji Rikitake JJ1BDX wrote:
> > I'm pretty sad to say this,  but recently I see many fabricated 
> SWL
> > reports presumably generated from DX cluster spots, especially 
> those
> > with large amount of QSO time differences.  So I tend not to 
> respond
> > for those reports.  
> >
> > It is interesting that reports from JA SWLs are always pretty 
> accurate
> > and they are presumably NOT affected by the clusters, so I still 
> respond
> > to those SWL cards.
> >
> > I second Nenad's thoughts, though I also doubt whether SWL for 
> hams
> > could survive unless more tighter rules of QSLing is imposed.  
> >
> > Note that I'm nothing against traditional SWLing, because in 1982 
> I was
> > fortunate enough to have SWL-AJD #1 for the 30m band (as 
> JA1-21339).
> >
> > 73
> > // Kenji Rikitake, JJ1BDX(/3)
> >
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> 
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      ALFRED CAMMARATA
                  W3AWU