[OKDXA] Coin of the DX Realm?

Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:27:27 -0600

Hi Alan,

I think I'll subscribe to the GOList, at least to see how much it helps. 
Yes, QSLing is always the bugaboo.  I had troubles before, and I expect at 
least as many now.  I never had many problems with green stamps vanishing, 
but I was reluctant to send those as, back then, many countries forbade 
them.  Things have changed, though, and I need an update.  Thanks!

At 11:53 AM 1/6/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>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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                           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.