[OKDXA] Need QSL Some Advice...

[Kim Elmore]

That's sorta what I figured about the VU2. I see CW VUs spotted the 
evening but I never hear them; maybe as we get closer to the equinox!

Yes, I know FT8 is the newest thing, but... I just got myself a Begali 
Simplex, so I gotta use it ;) I have to say that there really is a nice 
difference between it and my Bencher BY1.

73,

Kim N5OP

On 8/2/2021 1:31 PM, Jeff Martin wrote:
> Hi Kim,
>    As much as I hate to say it, you're gonna have to set the key aside and type on the keyboard, work them on FT8. I see lots of VU's on 20, 17, even 40 on FT8... Whatever it takes, DX Is!
>    As far as your March 2002 QSO, you are probably throwing your money away at this point... Work another one...
>
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2021 1:15 PM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: [OKDXA] Need QSL Some Advice...
>
> I have, so far, not heard any of the VU spots that come across in the
> evening. I have a few (three) VU QSO's, but no QSLs. My most recent VU
> QSO is VU2RAK, who has a QRZ.COM presence and appears in the reverse
> beacon network. The QSO is from March 2002 and I show that I sent a QSL
> with a couple of dollars to him in January 2004. But I never received
> anything back, not even a "SRI NOT IN LOG." Should I try one more time
> or, instead, simply wait for a new VU QSO?
>
> 73 & CU in the Pileups,
>
> Kim N5OP
>
-- 
Kim Elmore, Ph

Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, UAS, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

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