[Lowfer] NDB QSL etiquette - OT?

[John Davis]

>I read on that page that one may send signal reports addressed to the
>engineer in charge of radio aids to navigation c/o the associated airport
>and receive QSL cards.  This was exciting news -- I didn't know this.
>
>Now, this page is 30 years old.  Will they still do this?  And if so, how
>best to word the request?  Do you come right out and ASK for a QSL card?


Yes, some still will.  As Dave T. notes, though, it's a different era.

There's no military secrets involved with your average airport NDB's
technology, the precise coordinates of every navaid are all a matter of
public record, and there's no way that I know of to turn a QSL card into a
weapon unless you're some kind of martial arts genius.  But that's the way
folks are.

I wonder, though, if it might help to have a leaflet or something from the
LWCA that you could send along with a reception report, to reassure the
recipient that this is a genuine hobby and you're not some wacko anarchist
loner?  We could add a page to the Web site to refer them to as well.

Comments, anyone?

John