Hi!

You sure got a great call, hi hi.

A QSL card confirms that the contact was made when how and with whom the
card says. The recipient can use the card in a number of ways including but
not limited to decorating the shack wall, impressing other hams, qualifying
for various awards, etc.

LOTW is log book of the world, which is an electronic QSL system.

Hope this helps.

 
73,
Dave
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On Behalf Of Ashley Bernard
Sent: Tuesday, 16 June 2015 6:45 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Return QSL Card Obligations

Apologies in advance for the silly question, I could probably go look it =
up but, since it=E2=80=99s being discussed, what is/why/when does one =
receive a =E2=80=9CQSL card? and what is =E2=80=9CLOTW?
I got my license in october and definitely have a lot to learn. =
Unfortunately I haven=E2=80=99t 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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> I realize that I'm bringing up a topic here on which there will be =
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> 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 
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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 =
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> few from the buro) on which there is no indication that a return qsl =
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> I even have a QSL template in Microsoft Word format that I can use.  =
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> 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 =
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> is that electronic QSLing will solve some of this issue, but for now, 
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> not exactly sure when that will happen, due to the many other projects 
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> 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 
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> many cards I have now received, which is why I'm writing this e-mail.  
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> just wonder what others have done over the years.
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> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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