[Dx-qsl] say what???

Tue Oct 31 16:38:58 EST 2006

Ron:
When I was in South Africa and Mozambique for by C91TL operation this 
summer(FYI all cards received direct for C91TL as of 10/31/06 have been 
asnwered), a W5 friend of mine asked me to help him get confirmation of 
several ZS stations he had worked, but couldn't get cards out of despite 
repeated mailings.
I told him to make up the mailing as if they were mailed domestically in 
SA and I would personally mail them in Johannesburg with SA postage. He 
did and put his name and the Jo'burg affiliate office of the company he 
works for as the return address.
In SA I met several hams including one who was going on our C9 
DXpedition who knew most of the ops I had cards for. Some I did mail 
and some I let the locals handle as they said they would hand deliver 
them, even though I was told several of the ops destined to get hand 
delivered cards never sent out QSL cards. I asked them to just "hogtie" 
the ZS op and make him fill out a card hi hi.
Of the dozen or so cards I took with me two have been answered, 
according to my W5 friend.
Tom, WW5L/C91TL
Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> A few years ago I had trouble getting cards out of about 5 stations who
> confirmed the QSO via eQSL (this was prior to LotW going live).
>> What I ended up doing was printing the "e-Card" on cardstock along with my
> own QSL card and mailed both to the operator or manager, along with the
> requisite SAE & IRC's/GS's. Simply put a note on my QSL card requesting
> they sign their "e-Card" and send it back.
>> 4 of the 5 promptly sent me a regular QSL card for the QSO. One I have yet
> to hear from, but I've since confirmed 80 meters from that entity from
> another station so it no longer matters.
>> I've also done the same thing for a few stubborn stations that aren't on
> eQSL or LotW; just made up a somewhat generic card with all the info & asked
> them to sign it and sent it back. In all but 1 or 2 cases, a regular card
> has been returned. The 1 or 2? Well, some will never QSL no matter what!
>> Worth a try...
>> 73
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Danny Douglas
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:31 PM
> To: DX-qsl at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] say what???
>>> OK here is one to confuse everyone! I worked T33C back in April 2004 on
> two bands, both SSB and sent a card to F5CWU. I got my card back, saying
> "Not in log". So I sent her an email asking about that, and just got email
> back saying she checked and they still are not in the log. Now - it
> hurts, but I can accept something happened and I didnt get in the log - but
> and its a big BUT- both contacts have shown up as confirmed in eQSL. Say
> What??
> Have sent another email asking what is with that.
>> Danny Douglas N7DC
> ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
> SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all
> DX 2-6 years each.
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