[Elecraft] QSLs

[EricJ]

Hah! You should be in So Cal. EVERYBODY wants my card. Ok, nobody, but 
I'll courteously reply in kind if it ever happens.

Eric KE6US

On 7/25/2016 3:18 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> When I was first licensed in the 1950's, the cost of printing QSLs was a
> significant expense, as was the cost of International Reply Coupons if I
> didn't want to wait for the buro. I could buy a gallon of gas for 25 cents
> and a decent meal for $1.00. And, while it was far cheaper even in adjusted
> dollars than today, the cost of College was very significant.
>
> As always, I respond to a request for a QSL in whatever form the other
> station wants. Being located in Oregon I do not get a lot of requests, so
> it's not a significant burden.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
>   
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> -------- Original message --------From: Jim Brown
> <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> Date: 7/25/16  1:49 PM  (GMT-06:00) To:
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] QSLs On Mon,7/25/2016 11:34 AM,
> stan levandowski wrote:
>> On my QRZ page it says "No LoTW, no eQSL and no Buro."
> That may be your preference, but it causes everyone who wants a
> confirmation from you to spend money with the postal system. When we
> were kids, it cost a penny or two to send a QSL. Now, including the cost
> of printing a card, it costs someone who wants your card more than $1
> round trip (.49 each way) in the US, more than $2 between US and Canada,
> average $3.50 to/from other countries.
>
> LOTW and eQSL are FREE and easy to use if you're using almost any of the
> popular logging software. Putting our logs on LOTW is the considerate
> thing to do. It's the RIGHT thing to do. It's the modern equivalent of
> what we said in the '50s -- "the last courtesy of a QSO is a QSL." Now,
> the last courtesy of a QSO is an upload to LOTW.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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