[Dx-qsl] A weird one today

Mon Jun 23 18:58:37 EDT 2008

That is kinda weird Peter :-)
As a manager, you should see what I get :-)
I love it..keeps life fun .
Ron
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--- On Mon, 6/23/08, Peter Dougherty <w2irt at comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Peter Dougherty <w2irt at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] A weird one today
> To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 2:25 PM
> 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 
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