[Elecraft] QSLs

[Wes Stewart]

I know that "logic" but doctored cards are nothing new and are always reason for 
rejection.  So all cards should be looked at closely by every card checker.

Besides, with the plethora of stations for hire, who says a guy in sunny CA 
can't work Mt Athos on 160 using a station in dark ME.

"Sorry, but some folks aren't ethical. :) "   We're supposed to avoid politics here.

On 7/25/2016 2:56 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Mon,7/25/2016 2:42 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> It's almost as bad in the states if you have 160-meter cards.  For the life 
>> of me I can't understand why any card checker can't do 160 QSLs. 
>
> The requirement is that a card checker must have achieved 160M DXCC 
> him/herself before they can check 160M cards. The reason is pretty simple -- 
> some operators were cheating by doctoring cards -- for example, by changing 
> 18.1 MHz to 1.8 MHz. The logic is that a card checker should know enough about 
> 160M propagation (and perhaps even activity) to know whether a QSL might be 
> invalid because it occurs at a time when the band could not possibly have been 
> open between the two stations (for example, no common darkness over a 
> realistic path, taking greyline into account).
>
> Sorry, but some folks aren't ethical. :)
>
> 73, Jim K9YC