[Dx-qsl] Has anyone received ?

Mon Jul 19 22:07:26 EDT 2004

I have waited two years for a card from VU.........And they do QSL.
73 Hardy N7RT
At 04:26 PM 7/19/04 -0700, Tom Horton wrote:
>Hi Joe,
>> I don't ever get concerned about a card until after about a year.
>I never even send to DXpeditions for at least 6 months after the 
>event is finished. Rarely do they have the cards printed before then.
> Dxing is just like fishing...ya gotta be really patient...and if you don't 
>get a strike after a reasonable length of time (everyone has their own
defination)
>then throw th ebaiy back out there.
>Good luck! I'm sure they will show up ...sometime!
>73, Tom K5IID 
>>Joe LaGanga <jlaganga at neo.rr.com> wrote:
>Thanks to all that replied, I have received a few others back that were all
>sent at the same time and I guess they are the exception not the norm. I
>will wait patiently for the others. 
>>Thank you
>>Joe
>N1EZO/8
>>I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great
>ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
>-- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
>>>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Dougherty [mailto:w2irt at nac.net] 
>Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 2:37 PM
>To: Joe LaGanga; dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Has anyone received ?
>>At 13:04 18-07-04, Joe LaGanga wrote:
>>>I sent out cards about 4-5 weeks ago
>>Joe, I think a little more patience may be required in this game . 
>4-6 MONTHS, well, OK, maybe time to get nervous, but not weeks.
>>>ER1QQ sent direct with a new IRC
>>Depending on how you sent it, it may be back soon or never/buro. If you 
>sent via his manager (ER1DAF), with sufficient postage, it may turn around 
>fast. If you sent to Boris himself, well....I hope you're patient.
>>>RW2F sent to DK4VW at the Hamcall address
>>Takes a long time, but you will get it eventually. I received about 3 
>envelopes from him just about when I thought it was a black hole for green 
>stamps. Figure about 6-8 months. I got my cards from last year's CQWW-SSB 
>in mid-April this year.
>>>>YL7A sent to YL2GM at the Hamcall address
>>YS3VE sent to N3TUK at the Hamcall address
>>4N1SM sent direct
>>Never worked these three, but I'd suggest looking at both QRZ and Hamcall - 
>I've found DX stations tend to update their QRZ.com entries more now than 
>they did in the past, and sometimes just straight licensing data isn't 
>correct. If you subscribe to the DX News reflector, you'll also get e-mail 
>info from things like the 425 list, ARRL DX bulletins and the Ohio-Penn 
>bulletin that give lots of contest routes (I've saved every one of them as 
>a nice reference to bolster what I see on Pathfinder and the GO list).
>>>>73 de Peter (W2IRT)
>w2irt at nac.net
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