[OKDXA] Coin of the DX Realm?

Mon, 6 Jan 2003 11:53:25 -0600

Kim:

I use DX4WIN for logging and WriteLog for Contesting Software.  I subscribe
to the GOLIST and am quite happy with it.  It now has a Windows based
front-end and I usually get updates to it once a week.  I also use
Pathfinder at:

http://www.qsl.net/pathfinder/WebClient/

It is very helpful to find addresses.  I send very few IRC's anymore, most
of the time I send green stamps and have had very good success with that
methodology.  There are still a few places that you have to send the IRC,
though.  I also buy the two different sized Air Mail envelopes from William
Plum at 12 Glenn Road; Flemington, NJ 08822-3322 or e-mail:  [email protected]
These are the metric envelopes and have had very good success with them.
QSLing is the hardest part of the whole process and even going to all this
trouble, there is still a fair percentage that you will have problems
getting a card from.  Good luck!

73's
Alan Clark N5PA / 7Q7PA / C6ALG
4025 Craft Lane
Laurel, MS 39440-1268
Phone: 601-426-0090
E-Mail: [email protected]
URL: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/n5pa

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Kim Elmore
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:11 AM
To: OK DX Association
Subject: [OKDXA] Coin of the DX Realm?

After several years of relative inactivity, I'm beginning to see my way to
some DXing again.  In the process, I've upgraded to a nice logging program,
DXBase 2003, from my old DOS-based DXLog.  DXBase has lots of nice
features, many of which I have not year uncovered.

Using DXBase, I was going over my past two years of operating and found
that there are about 80 QSLs that I need to send out.  Most are for new
band-countries, but a few are for completely new countries.  When I was
previously active, IRCs were the coin of the DX Realm for direct QSLs.  Are
they still? If not, what is?

Also, years ago, I subscribed to the GO List, back when it was on paper.
Shortly before I moved, it went to a software format that I couldn't use on
my non-widows DOS box, so I let the subscription lapse.  How do you guys
get QSL info now?  Do any of you use the GOlist? Is it worth the
subscription price?

Many thanks for the updates!

73,

Kim Elmore, N5OP
                           Kim Elmore, Ph.D.
                        University of Oklahoma
         Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
"All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The
greatest of these is Maybe" The original Latin appears to be garbled.

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