[SADXA] Getting confirmations for old 3D2AG QSOs

[Jim Wysocki]

Any envelopes with green stamps in them never seemed to find their way 
to Tony.  What worked for me was my QSL being sent with an SASE return 
envelope, using the correct amount of Fiji Islands postage stamps.  The 
process took several months to complete but it was s pretty reliable 
method of getting one of his cards.  I guess the postal workers didn't 
want to collect Fiji postage stamps as much as they did dollar bills.

Mail is going into and out of Fiji again but the SASE process can't be 
used anymore.  The guy who used to sell foreign postage stamps (Bill 
Plum) has retired and an alternative vendor couldn't be found.  If 
anybody knows of one, please let me know about it.

73, Jim  W9FI

On 5/28/2022 12:42 AM, Wes wrote:
> Very clever.  That said, he didn't QSL, but 3D2EU did for 160 CW and a 
> bunch of other bands.
>
> On 5/27/2022 11:34 PM, Jim Wysocki wrote:
>> Last year I data mined my old logs for unconfirmed band slots.  This 
>> research revealed that there were several unconfirmed contest QSOs 
>> with Tony, 3D2AG.  One of them was very old, dating way back to the 
>> 2001 CQWW CW contest.
>>
>> I emailed Tony about these contacts and found out that he was willing 
>> to confirm them.  The Fiji Islands had cut off all mail traffic in 
>> and out of the country, so exchanging QSL cards was out of the 
>> question.  Instead of cards Tony came up with a rather unique 
>> solution to the problem.  He asked me to create ADIF records for the 
>> old QSOs that I wanted to have confirmed. After verification he would 
>> then include them in an outgoing LotW update.
>>
>> Here's how his process works.  He is, or was, willing to look up the 
>> old QSOs in his paper logs.  If a match is found he will submit the 
>> associated ADIF record electronically to LotW for credit.  His only 
>> caveat was that if any of the transactions was formatted wrong and 
>> was rejected, he didn't have the time to correct them.  The risk was 
>> all on my side: these records had to be right the first time.
>>
>> That was a risk I was willing to assume so I sent him several ADIF 
>> QSO records for his consideration.  He verified that the QSOs were in 
>> his old paper logs, sent the records over to LotW via his logbook 
>> software, and the LotW confirmations appeared a day or two later.
>>
>> So if you need some old Fiji or Rotuma Island QSOs to be confirmed, 
>> you might want to contact Tony and see if he's still using this 
>> process.  His email address can be found at QRZ.com.
>>
>> 73,  Jim  W9FI
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