[RRDXA] My QSL Service

[w4sco at sco-inc.org]

Fellow hams,

I have a new qsl service that i hope you will look at and adopt. I made
my DXCC Millenium award in 2000 because I did not need to wait for my
cards to show that i had worked at least 100 countries. I am still
waiting today for many of those cards so I can apply for the "normal"
DXCC award.

The rise in postage prices means that now it cost me almost $1 to send
out a qsl card to a foreign country on the DXCC list. I usually include
$1-2 dollars cash (with each card) to help the foreign ham pay his
postage to me. After i do all that i must wait months or even years for
my card in the mail.

I thought of a better way that is faster and much less expensive. It
uses the internet. First i fill out my outgoing qsl card, then I scan it
as a jpg file. Next I upload it to my new qsl service at
http://myqsl.cc. When I upload the file i tell the system the Callsign
of the recipient, for each card. When the recipient logs on (provided
they are registered with the system) they are told and shown if they
have any qsl cards waiting for them in their folder. If they do they can
look at them but must pay me $4.95 per year if they wish to download any
of them. After they download their cards they then can print them out on
their own local inkjet printer on card stock.

Most hams today (and in the future) will have an inkjet printer and many
of those also have a scanning capability.

This idea is no different than if you prepare a card at your qth...
Print it out on your printer, fill in the other ham's qso details, then
put that card into an envelope and post it to them. Or you use a card
prepared for you at a printer then add your qso details and mail it. The
only difference with my system is that you prepare your outgoing cards
but instead of putting them into envelopes, you scan them as jpg files
and upload them to my system. There the other ham downloads your "cards"
and prints them on their printer (instead of on your printer). We merely
substituted ourselves for the post office in delivering the cards for
you.

Try my new QSL service at http://myqsl.cc and let me know how you like
it. There is no charge to upload cards or to "view" cards waiting for
you.

Les W4SCO
www.scoincsoftware.com