[Dx-qsl] An all-time first!

Thu Jan 18 18:12:03 EST 2007

 John,
 why not e-mail N9MM or K9MMS to see if they have the poor guy in their 
log? According to qrz.com, they both have e-mail addresses.
 If one of them is the right guy, for 39 cents you can forward the 
request and make some guy's day.
 Just an idea.
 73 de Will WC6DX
-----Original Message-----
From: johnb3030 at comcast.net
To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 2007年1月18日 2:50 PM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] An all-time first!
Today I received in the mail an airmail QSL REQUEST from a DX station, 
complete with SAE and IRC. In over 40 years of DXing, this is the first 
time that has happened. It was for a 40M QSO during the CQWW CW contest 
in November. Unfortunately for the poor JA, he is not in the log, and I 
wasn't even on the air at the time he thinks he worked me. I get QSLs 
through the bureau after every major contest for QSOs I didn't make, 
and many are from JAs. I think they are working either N9MM or K9MMS 
and not copying the call correctly. 

Not surprisingly, the address on the SAE was written entirely in 
Japanese except for JAPAN at the bottom. I've never seen one like that 
before either. 

I wish I had worked the guy. I'm going to feel bad sending his card 
back marked NIL. 

73, 

John, K9MM 

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