[DX] eQSL cards - NOW ACCEPTED - for DXCC

Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:01:24 +0200

Hi Ron,

Yes you are right, I will try and e-mail them and the DXCC desk, I will also
attempt to remove my (very old) log from there, fortunately it was only the
log for one trip to Namibia if I remember correctly.

I agree that the service could be beneficial but all the stories makes you
wonder....

BTW, who should I mail at the DXCC desk ?

73,
Rudi de ZS6DX/V51VE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <[email protected]>
To: "zs6dx" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [DX] eQSL cards - NOW ACCEPTED - for DXCC

> Rudi,
>
> You raise a very good point.  Fortunately, there is a simple solution.
>
> N7NG has stated that the DXCC desk will only accept cards "written by
> legitimate QSL managers."  So, if you don't wish someone (be it eQSL or
> others) to act as your QSL manager, you need only notify them accordingly
> with a cc: to the DXCC desk.
>
> Therefore, if you notify eQSL.cc that you do not wish them to offer their
> QSL Manager Service (which is what this really is) on your behalf, they
> should ethically not do so and not take any funds from anyone who wishes
> their card.
>
> Now the argument may be made that by uploading your log(s), or portion
> thereof, to the eQSL server, you have de facto authorized them to act as
> your manager.  I would accept that logic for log(s) or log extract(s)
> uploaded since last Friday, when the new policy was first broadcast.  But
> not for log(s) or log extract(s) prior to that.  If this policy change
means
> a retroactive acceptance, then you may have no choice but to ask for your
> logs to be removed (or do it yourself).
>
> I would strongly urge anyone unhappy about this new policy, who like you
and
> I do not wish someone else to print cards in our names/calls and charge
fees
> to do so, to write eQSL (I'd say email, but there doesn't seem to be
> anyplace on the server to email anyone except the Webmaster, who may or
may
> not be a principal in running the site) and notify them accordingly.  My
> notice is already in the mail.
>
> The shame of it is that this could be a real beneficial service.  I can
see
> a lot of positive potential from this capability.  Especially if you have
a
> Special Event or DXpedition station from years back, who's manager wishes
to
> close the logs rather than deal with the strays still rolling in.  A
service
> like this could avoid the controversy a few days ago, when it came out
that
> the W2A QSL manager was declining to pick up cards from the bureau or
answer
> them as it was too much trouble.  And think of the possible benefits for
> having a place to upload the log(s) of a Silent Key, taking an unwanted
(on
> non-understood) burden from the family or the estate.
>
> I just wish they had been straight from the start about this new service.
I
> wish they had just announced "hey, we're now your on-line QSL Manager!"
> Instead, by trying to spin this as a "change" in ARRL policy towards eQSLs
> (and it isn't a change in policy and they're not eQSLs), they've left a
very
> bad taste in my mouth, and it continues to make me leary of dealing with
> them any more than I have to, now and in the future.
>
> Am I the only one that reads the announcements and promos and hype and
spin
> on eQSL, and keep thinking of the sleezy used car salesman with
slicked-back
> hair, mismatched loud clothing, and who won't let you look under the hood
of
> that cream-puff that "a little old lady from Leningrad" only drove on
> Sundays -- just trust him?
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: zs6dx <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 3:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [DX] eQSL cards - NOW ACCEPTED - for DXCC
>
>
> Hi all !
>
> Well all I can say is that I will be VERY upset if I find out eQSL.cc are
> sending out cards on my behalf !!!. They better make sure they get a
> signature from any station they send cards out on behalf of.
>
> When they started I was very interested and even uploaded some contacts
but
> I then realized that it was NOGO !. After thinking about it I also decided
> that I enjoy printed QSL cards so much that I would hate to lose them !
>
> So, long may normal QSL cards live !
>
> Good DX to all !
> So long and thanks for all the fish, oops I mean cards :-)
> 73, Rudi de ZS6DX/V51VE
>
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