Well my thoughts on this subject is that if I get a card
and I have probably gotten two or three thousand over the past 56 years is
that I always return one. If I need a card for a new country I send one
with a s a s e and enough money for return postage. When I get cards
through the buro I return them throough the q s l service at A R R L. I
have been lucky to have a X Y L that helps me. I use L O T w which kills
some of the pain but living in Utah, many around the world want a card or C
F M of some kind. II t gets costly if you really need the card hi hi 73
ED K7UC
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Behler
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 12:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Return QSL Card Obligations
Jim:
Well, this is somewhat refreshing to hear.
I think we all try to do what is right, and like you, if someone directly
asks me for a card, or sends me one with a SASE and a clear request to
return QSL, I do so.
But I have received so many unsolicited cards over the past number of years
that I'm finding it impossible to keep up.
Add to this that at least some degree of sighted assistance is required to
return printed cards, and it gets unmanageable.
Anyway, I'll certainly be interested to hear what others have to say on the
topic, and will respond additionally if I think I have something else
meaningful to add.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Jim Shaffer
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 1:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Return QSL Card Obligations
My thoughts on this are that I'm under no obligation to return a QSL card
unless I ask for a card, or offer to return one. In fact, if asked on the
air, I inform the other station that I don't even have any cards, which is
currently true. When I took my amateur tests, I didn't sign up to be a
corresponding secretary, grin.
--
Jim, ke5al
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Behler
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 11:41 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Return QSL Card Obligations
Hello, everyone.
I realize that I'm bringing up a topic here on which there will be many
differing opinions, but it is becoming an increasing problem for me, and I
suspect I'm not alone.
The problem is with printed QSL cards, and the extent one should feel
obligated to reciprocate with a return QSL.
Back in the day, I was actually pretty good at return QSLing, although I'm
sure some of the cards I received slipped through the cracks.
Even today, I'm good at return QSLing for cards that I receive for which I'm
directly asked to return qsl.
However, in recent years, I have gotten many qsl cards (including quite a
few from the buro) on which there is no indication that a return qsl is
needed. Of course, the polite thing to do would be to send return qsls, and
I even have a QSL template in Microsoft Word format that I can use. But
that requires sighted assistance for printing and such that is just not as
available to me as used to be the case.
One of these days, I intend to get fully up and running on LOTW, and my hope
is that electronic QSLing will solve some of this issue, but for now, I'm
not exactly sure when that will happen, due to the many other projects I
have on my plate which must take precedence.
To be honest, I'm feeling somewhat guilty about not return QSLing for the
many cards I have now received, which is why I'm writing this e-mail. I
just wonder what others have done over the years.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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