[Ham-Mac] Shortfall to Manual QSO Logging

[Lon Kinley]

>
>I have found and responded to all but a few of the recent QSL cards.
>Figuring out the year is usually easy but the month and date can be a real
>challenge.  One has printed text for Month/Date/Year with some some graphic
>symbols below each that defy logic.  It is a good thing he had an easy to
>read printed email address on the card so I could request clarification on
>the date.  I have one that says 04.03.05 and his call in not in my log for
>March, April or May over 2003, 2004 or 20054.  The call may be in one of my
>computer based contest.log files but they are not summed together for an
>easy search. 
>
>Off the soapbox.
>
>What do you do with bureau QSL cards that you cannot find in your log?

Throw them in a box to deal with at some point in the future.

As for the date format, I was  taught it should be 31 OCT 2006, with 
the month in the middle using the common, three-letter abbreviation, 
not numbers. This way there is no confusion.

73,

Lon - W3LK
Baltimore, Maryland

PS - you are missing a good thing by not using MacLogger DX. :)