[OKDXA] QSL's

[N5PA]

Froggy:

If you do a combination LOTW and card submission you only pay one fee.  I
really do not have any problems with it.  I export my selected QSO's to an
ADIF file and then convert them with the TQSL program and then get on the
web page and upload them.  I could do it automatically from DX4WIN but I
feel just as easy doing it this way.  I normally do not submit cards that
often anymore because I have not worked anything new since the Spring, but I
usually submit them at an ARRL hamfest that has a League official there so
they can check old cards and 160 meter cards.  A night or two before the
hamfest I do a LOTW submission and tell them that I am submitting cards at
the hamfest and it is only one fee.  I have to pay the per QSO fee for the
ones on LOTW, but I do not have to pay the $12 twice.  But I have been doing
computers for a living for 35 years so it is no big deal to me.  The hardest
part of the deal is getting the original certificate but after that it is
pretty easy.  But they have to be real tight with their certificate
security, I can understand that.  They have to protect the integrity of the
system so it has to be secure.

Yes, I have had some QSL cards that I sent several times and like you said,
when I sent it registered mail they finally got it.  But you have to
understand that most postal services in a lot of countries have problems
like this, it is something everyone must deal with, not just hams.  Good
luck with the JX card, I still need to work them.

73,
Alan, N5PA



-----Original Message-----
From: K8fu at aol.com [mailto:K8fu at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:22 PM
To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [OKDXA] QSL's

Peter has raised some interesting questions that I hv pondered for some  
time............
 
I'm still waiting for my 3C7Y card for almost 2 yrs now. The QSL mgr EA5BYP

won't even return my emails.
 
I've tried using IRC's with limited success. I've often wondered if it was  
because they were never stamped at the local PO at the tine of purchase. But
I  
assumed they knew how to issue them and knew more than me.
 
One point I would like to raise was my problem getting a card from V85SS. I

sent him 2 cards and waited for 2 years....This guy had an email adr so I
kept 
 asking if he got my cards. He would always say no. So I sent him a 3rd card

with  2 GS and sent it registed mail with signature
required...Amazing........ 
got my  card in 2 mos.
 
I've sent all my logs to LOTW but until the Brit that  ran that really great

operation from JX there's nothing been posted on  LOTW that I need for a new

country. I've found LOTW to be a nightmare to use and  not worth the
trouble. 
The only reason I post my logs, sometimes after three  days of attempting,
if 
for the benefit for other stations.
 
I understand that it will cost me $12 to hv my JX Q confirmed on LOTW, I  
also hv another 10 cards here that need to be submitted as well. My
impression  
is that the card submission will cost another $12. If my impressions are 
correct  it will cost me $24 to submit 11 Q's. At this point I'm unwilling
to be 
mugged.  I at least want to see a gun.
 
So I guess my best route will be to forgo LOTW, sent the Brit 2 or 3 usd
and 
submit it with the other 10 cards. That way it will only cost me $12.
 
One other point I would like to mention is that I take umbrage with these  
blokes who take off for dx entities then require you to make a financial  
contribution after the fact to get a card. By my way of thinking the
financial  
issues should be resolved before the licenses are even applied for.
 
Well hope everyone has their A/C's in top condx.......at least for the next

6 wks......
 
 
RIBBIT.................................RIBBIT...........................  
BOHICA



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