Apologies in advance for the silly question, I could probably go look it up but, since it’s being discussed, what is/why/when does one receive a “QSL card? and what is “LOTW?
I got my license in october and definitely have a lot to learn. Unfortunately I haven’t been on air since moving, but if life goes according to plan I hope to fix that by next week.
Anyway 73.
KC1CPS
> On Jun 15, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello, everyone.
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> 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.
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> The problem is with printed QSL cards, and the extent one should feel
> obligated to reciprocate with a return QSL.
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> 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.
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> Even today, I'm good at return QSLing for cards that I receive for which I'm
> directly asked to return qsl.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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