[Dx-qsl] A weird one today

Mon Jun 23 17:25:06 EDT 2008

OK, now this is very odd. In January 2006 I sent a request with 1ドル 
and a self-addressed envelope to OM3EY for a 160m QSO. When nothing 
had come back after 10 months I sent a second request in October 2006 
and got an answer in about a month or so. No problem at all, and the 
QSO was credited toward my DXCC.
Here's the weird part. Today, I got my original January 2006 SAE 
back, with the 1ドル bill still enclosed, my un-verified QSL request and 
a handwritten note stating "Sri, but your $ not valid in Europe. 73 & 
GL" - and sent at his cost.
Very very strange. If he was going to go through the trouble and 
expense to send a reply back, why not put his card in with it and 
maybe a note, too? He's always been an extremely reliable QSLer in 
the past (I think I've gotten 4 or 5 bands confirmed from Eduard 
since I started in 2001). Oh well, no-harm-no-foul - I now have OM on 
9 bands and 3 modes so it's not an issue - just one of those things 
that makes QSLing an adventure some days.
Regards,
Peter,
W2IRT 