[Dx-qsl] From CO8LY

Sun Dec 28 10:18:31 EST 2008

At 04:32 AM 12/28/2008, Kostas SV1DPI wrote:
>Dear Eduardo
>season greetings
>qrz.com sasy that qsl for you is via ea7adh.
>Unfortunately your manager doesn't confrim cards via bureau.
>i have sent cards to him for our qsos back to 2001 and nothing 
>received. Ofcourse he says that confirm cards only direct. Even i 
>have sent many direct requests in my ham life, do you think this is 
>a problem? All the hams are subscribed on this reflector appreciate 
>(i suppose) a qsl card more than others. Beside this, our ham spirit 
>says to us to be good qslers. Dou you agree with the policy of your 
>qsl manager?
>73 Kostas SV1DPI

 Unfortunately, most buros are slow and not very reliable. Many 
countries that used to run very efficient buros no longer have 
any. I still use the buro where possible, but it seems that direct 
is more and more common, and the buros are being slowly replaced with 
electronic confirmations like LoTW and eQSL. This is the 21st 
century, and things are changing.
 Regarding CO8LY, I ave worked him many times on various bands 
and modes. When I needed a confirmation, I sent direct to his 
manager and I always received a QSL card. I find his QSLing policy 
quite acceptable. Thanks Eduardo!
73, Paul VE1DX