[Dx-qsl] QSL Etiquette

[Erkki Heikkinen]

I only work stations from which I need a card for band/mode
confirmation. There must be others doing the same. I simply can't afford
to send all missing band/mode QSLs direct, so every return card is
greatly appreciated.

I QSL every QSO via the bureau and LoTW to be sure nobody needs my card.
I don't agree that the days of QSL being the final courtesy of a QSO are
gone. What I do agree is that good operating habits have gone a long
time ago.

73 Erkki OH2BF


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Wylie
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:39 PM
> To: Dick Flanagan; DX-QSL at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] QSL Etiquette
> 
> 
> There is no such thig as QSL Etiquette.     Its up to each individual 
> whether they qsl or not.  My pwersonal policy is only to QSL 
> cards received.
> 
> I never send out buro cards only direct cards which I particularly 
> need.     Some stations are prolific QSLers and now they have 
> a computer 
> at their
> disposal print out QSL cards or labels like toilet tissue 
> without regard 
> to whether people actually want them or not.
> 
> The old days of the QSL being the final courtesy of a QSO are long 
> gone.     Where is the courtesy in 59 Montana!   Where is the QSO for 
> that matter.
> 
> You will receive the same card for the same band ad 
> nauseum..............
> 
> Unless its one you specifically want - send them all to the round 
> file.       Re-cyle!
> 
> Use LOTW and forget the rest
> 
> 
> 
> :'(
> Tom
> GM4FDM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 28/02/2012 19:30, Dick Flanagan wrote:
> > 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
> >
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