[Dx-qsl] QSL for 2 QSO's

[Peter Dougherty]

At 04:12 PM 7/14/2008, Bernie McClenny, W3UR wrote:
>Ron
>I kind of agree with JA1BK's policy.  A QSL manager should only confirm the
>QSOs that are being requested and nothing more.  Why?  Well what if the said
>station was in the DX log for 4 QSOS but only claimed three QSOs.  And if
>that fourth QSO was actually a busted call?  That busted QSO should not be
>confirmed just willy nilly.

I see both sides of that question, and have been on both sides of it 
personally. Keeping the integrity of the logs is important, but my 
personal philosophy is that there is some latitude in determining how 
strictly to interpret this. For example, from down in C6, if I got a 
request for a 20m Q and the other guy also worked me on 40, I'd send 
both Q's in my reply because frankly C6 is a common entity and easy 
to work. If I ever activated something in the top-100 or top-50, I'd 
go the other way and only confirm what was specifically requested.

On the other side of this, I worked a V6 station on a band I needed, 
and after the announced end-date of the operation, I sent off the 
card. Two days later, he shows up on aother new band, I suppose 
because his travel plans changed or maybe a flight got cancelled or 
whatever. Winds up costing me an extra $3 to confirm that second band 
because he (rightly) only confirmed what I asked for. He's completely 
right to do so, IMHO, but given the costs involved, I DO kinda-wish 
he'd confirmed everything. On the flipside, in the bureau this month 
I got a whole package of cards for Martti Laine's various and sundry 
contest operations that I worked over the last few years but never 
sent cards for. Nice to put a "C" in the log for these, even though I 
didn't need the cards for awards submission.



73 and Good DX

Peter,
W2IRT

Letter O Manager,
ARRL Incoming 2nd District QSL bureau
North Jersey DX Association