[Elecraft] Re: electronic QSLs

Mon Feb 10 10:13:01 2003

On 10 Feb 2003 at 4:01, wa2dkg wrote:

> Unfortunately, all this assumes that everyone has a computer, which is
> not the case...I am just as amazed that people don't realize that, RS
> being a case in point...They discontinued their paper catalog and
> advise us to look them up on the internet...I live on a normal,
> average street in a normal, average town and I know for a fact that,
> out of 20 homes, there are only 3 computer owners on the block besides
> myself...Of course, none of them are hams...

Clearly there are some without computers or connection to the 
internet, and there is no suggestion that paper QSLs will disappear. 
However the growth of internet connectivity among amateurs in recent 
years has been nothing short of miraculous. I don't have the actual 
figures, but it seems that up to 95% of contest logs are submitted 
electronically these days. At a recent amateur radio forum the 
lecturer asked those who weren't on the internet to put their hands 
up - nobody did. And you yourself are clearly on the internet as you 
use this reflector.

Regardless of what you say, current usage of eQSL indicates how far 
this has become an accepted method.

73 Dave G3YMC

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