[Dx4win] What to do about expired/cancelled QSL managers?

Jim Reisert AD1C jjreisert at alum.mit.edu
Tue Aug 23 12:15:54 EDT 2011


Thanks for the suggestions.  I think I'll try one of these:

ex-AD1C     -or       (EX)AD1C

I'll have to see how it looks in the QSO window first.

- Jim

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C
<jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> A couple of years ago, I started putting (SK) after a QSL manager's
> callsign if that manager had passed away, but there was no further QSL
> information available.  If the DX station asked for QSLs direct, then
> the manager was removed completely. By putting the (SK) in there, it
> it supposed to give the user at least some sort of lead if they want
> to try to track down the logs to confirm and old QSO.  The (SK) also
> prevents the manager's mailing address from going into the database.
>
> I have recently run into a different case, where the manager may not
> have passed away, but the callsign either expired or was cancelled for
> some reason. I don't know how to indicate this in the QSL manager
> database.  The mailing address might still be good, but the manager is
> no longer a ham.  Any suggestions as to what I should do with these?

-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us


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