[QSL-Managers] being a sneak

[Phil Whitchurch]

Thanks for the feedback guys.  Maybe I was over-reacting.

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In message <200304230410.h3N4ADbn006649@pan.as.utexas.edu>, Derek Wills 
<oo7@pan.as.utexas.edu> writes
>       >What I have observed on several occasions, principally from DL
>        >and SM stations is that I will receive two QSLs from a single
>        >operator - one for his own call and another from his club's
>        >call, both QSOs having been made within a few minutes of the
>        >other (if not consecutively). Obviously, it's the same operator
>        >for both QSOs.  I've always allowed these in the past, but may
>        >have to re-think this for the future.
>
>       >Phil Whitchurch G3SWH
>
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>
>In my book, this is OK if the rules allow it for ops in that country.
>I use a club station exclusively (never radiate RF from home if you
>don't count the halogen lamps).   It's perfectly legal in this country
>to use your own call from a club station, and of course the club call
>as well.
>
>This is quite different from the situation that started this thread,
>which was one person using calls issued by two different countries, and
>making QSOs from only one of those countries.   That would be like me
>using my G call from the US or vice-versa - highly illegal and immoral.
>
>Thanks for all the comments on my original question - replies ranged
>from "string 'em up, report them to DXCC, send not-in-log replies" to
>"just go by the log and let someone else sort it out if they want to".
>Sending "not-in-log" seems dishonest to me, since the calls are indeed
>in the log.   What I did in both cases was send a card to the op when
>he was using his "home" call (as judged by where the card came from)
>and suggest that there was some logging error, since he couldn't have
>made a Q from the other country - in neither case did I hear back with
>any complaints or explanations.
>
>I never query consecutive husband/wife QSOs, I am pretty lenient about
>wrong times and dates and even busted calls (a dit here or there, e.g.),
>but QSOs made from one country using a call issued by a different
>country is too much!
>
>Happy managing - and thanks for all the replies,
>
>Derek aa5bt (and g3nmx but haven't used it in 40 yrs...)
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Phil Whitchurch
G3SWH

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