[Dx-qsl] Frustration

Tue Sep 5 22:00:58 EDT 2006

I'm an IOTA chaser. Too many times now I've been screwed by a few of our 
fellow hams in getting qualifying QSL cards. Here's what I'm talking about 
using the most recent example.
One year ago I worked a W4 who lives in North Port Florida. He was operating 
from an island off the Florida coast (NA-052). He was openly declaring on 
the air that he was on NA-052. Naturally, he was very popular and there was 
always a considerable pile-up. After working him I immediately sent him my 
card with a SASE. One year later I receive his card in return. It was a 
quality W4MPY card properly filled out but only showed his home address. It 
did not have the name of the island nor an IOTA reference number printed on 
it. Therefore, this card is useless to me in claiming credit for working 
NA-052. I sent him an email pointing this out and asked for a corrected card 
but he has not replied.
This same exact thing has happened to me several times in the past ... they 
announce they are operating from an IOTA and enjoy the fun but then do 
nothing to follow though after they get home. There are only two possible 
reasons I can think of why they do this; either they are unfamiliar with 
IOTA requirements or they know them but just don't give a damn. I don't 
suppose there is anything we can do about this, is there? 