[BVARC] Charging for QSL?
M Reiter
beachcatbum at gmail.com
Thu May 18 06:55:35 CDT 2023
I am a very new ham, I have been reading and listening to this upset for
awhile, which is remarkable given my newness, so I assume it is very
upsetting for many people. I believe that the contests and award agencies
should not require the qrz log confirmation. not everyone has an account
with them if a ham loggs a contact that should be enough and it should be
assumed that there was a QSO. if a ham chooses to falsify a QSO well then
they live with that deceit. maybe if you set up a contest among QRZ or ARRL
members and you want to force them to only talk to each other and require
their log confirmation that would just be a particular contest rule. in
general for things like DXCC or other awards that include the public then
requiring confirmation just causes upset when you have to get more contacts
that the award specifies to account for people that have not logged to a
specific log service.
my $.02 as a know nothing new oinker.
Marc.
On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 6:22 AM Shannon Tassin via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
wrote:
> Thanks Orin.
>
>
>
> However, I am not looking for a paper or mailed QSL card. I just want them
> to confirm my contact on QRZ, Clublog, or LoTW. It still seems they want
> money for that.
>
>
>
> *From: *orin snook <osnook at hotmail.com>
> *Date: *Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 6:14 AM
> *To: *Roy Storey via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> *Cc: *Shannon Tassin <stassin at hotmail.com>
> *Subject: *Re: Charging for QSL?
>
> Shannon,
>
>
>
> Common practice following rising postal rates.
>
>
>
> Cards started out as real post cards, then got fancy with color
> photography+. In order to keep them pristine, mailing in an envelope became
> customary, drawing even more postage.
>
>
>
> When in Indonesia, it was common for me to receive their QSL card with a
> self addressed envelope enclosed with a dollar, real stamps or a “green
> stamp” (that was killed years ago) – an international postal unit of value
> about two thirds of the time. Motivated me to respond in stellar fashion.
> Started a significant stamp collection.
>
>
>
> With large numbers, gets to be a real job, often farmed out to QSL
> Managers, hence the drive toward different e-QSL verifications of contacts
> “chasing paper”.
>
>
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> 73 & GL in contest
>
>
>
> KB5F
>
> Orin Snook
>
> Ex YC0ARO, YC8ABV
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> *From:* BVARC <bvarc-bounces at bvarc.org> on behalf of Shannon Tassin via
> BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 18, 2023 5:37 AM
> *To:* Roy Storey via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> *Cc:* Shannon Tassin <stassin at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* [BVARC] Charging for QSL?
>
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> As I am working to connect with more countries via FT8, I am more
> routinely coming across folks who want me to pay them money for a QSL. At
> first it was folks who were working from a remote country or island (e.g.,
> Rwanda), but now I am seeing that from a guy in Israel.
>
>
>
> Is this accepted and expected behavior? Why would I do that?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shannon Tassin
>
> K4SCT
>
>
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