[K3PZN-List] [PVRC] ST0R QSL Card

[N4NW]

Joe,

None of the managers for the expeditions have said that your are 
required to make a donation to receive a QSL. What they do say is 
that if you want expedited service then pay the toll.

I operated from several DX locations in the 80'f from Africa. I had 
QSL mangers to take care of the cards. With more than 50,000 QSOs 
from several of these locations it was my policy that if you wanted a 
QSL card you sent the card and the means to get mine back to you -- 
e.g., SASE or SAE with postage.

Today, operations are going to rare locations and incurring 
significant expenses to do so. If the  purpose of the QSL is simply 
to have a confirmation - then after all of those willing to pay the 
toll to get the card quickly can wait the 6months to a year for the 
cards sent via the bureau. However, even the cost of sending via the 
bureaus have added more and more cost to sending QSLs to thousands of 
stations.

Are you one of those who thinks that you are entitled to receive a 
QSLs just because the station is on the air and you make a contact 
with it?  Your comments certainly sound like so many others who 
thinks someone else should pay - the government, someone else but not them.

Tom, N4NW


At 08:58 AM 11/1/2011, JOSEPH EBAUGH wrote:
>I have been reading several e-mails where the writer states they had 
>to send a donation to the ST0R expedition in order to get their QSL 
>card, or to have it speeded up at least.  I'm  manager for several 
>calls and no way would I ever hold someones request for a QSL until 
>I received, or the client received, a donation,  I find that kinda 
>disgusting.  I like some of the e-mails stated that they sent their 
>card for ST0R early and have not received my card either, well I 
>only send donations AFTER I received my card, maybe I won't get 
>ST0R, oh well there will be other expeditions to So Sudan.  73 and good DX.
>
>Joe N3YIM
>
>Joseph Ebaugh
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