[Dx-qsl] QSL Etiquette

[Vladimir Sidarau]

As long as you are not explicitly asked for a QSL by the PSE QSL request, 
just enjoy the card received and don't reply it. This kind of QSLs is just a 
tool big contest stations use in order to avoid burden with QSL requests. It 
is much easier to print 5000 QSLs or QSL stickers for all QSOs made in a 
contest at once than to keep on receiving bureau QSL requests for years and 
then check each of them for a correspondence with your log and then fill 
each card by hand or print a stocker for that or whatever. Then, sending 
large batches of QSLs at once is cheaper than break them into smaller 
numerous portions. Some serious contesters/contest teams play contests just 
for the contesting sake and not for cards. When the contest is over, they 
send in a log and then print and send TKS CONTEST QSO cards out. Then the 
contest is over for them, now they are on to another one.

The TNX CONTEST QSO cards is a good tool making all parties involved. It is 
being partially replaced (or being just duplicated) by the LoTW but it is 
still quite voluminous.

So, you may feel yourself comfortable in answering PSE QSL requests, only. 
All other QSLs are just for your own eventual perusal with no obligation to 
reply.

73,
Vladimir VE3IAE

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Flanagan" <dick at k7vc.com>
To: "DX-QSL Reflector" <DX-QSL at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:30 PM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] QSL Etiquette


>I started to become active in RTTY contesting last year and am now
> starting to receive hundreds of unsolicited bureau QSL cards for those
> contacts.  I would say that about two-thirds of them specifically state
> "PSE QSL" which I am more than happy to do, but how should I handle
> those that simply say "TNX NICE QSO" or simply contain nothing other
> than the QSO data?
>
> Part of me wants to think that they wouldn't have gone to the trouble of
> sending me a card if they didn't want one in return, but is that a valid
> assumption?  Would it be rude of me to not return a card without an
> explicit "PSE QSL?"  The time and cost to me of a bureau return is
> negligible, but is it naive of me to think that every unsolicited QSL is
> a request for mine??
>
> I want to do the right thing, but I'm not always sure what that is.
>
> Dick
>
> -- 
> Dick Flanagan K7VC
> dick at k7vc.com
>
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