[Dx-qsl] Never give up!

Thu Jan 29 14:32:32 EST 2009

> If they wait more than 10 years, I would assume they didnt want the card 
> that bad. I have 15 different logs that will soon go away. They were 
> from the 70's and 80's.

Not necessarily. There can be any number of reasons for requesting a 
card many years later.
Cards destroyed by fire, flood, ...
Unexpected long term health problems
Didn't have the financial means to chase all needed cards, 
circumstances have changed
I'm sure others can add to this list.
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One of the above applied to me. Recently (2005/6) I sent out many 
QSLs for DX worked more than 20 years ago. I didn't expect much, but 
the return rate was >80% and I am extremely grateful to all the DX 
stations and managers who had the old logs and dug into them to 
confirm many new ones for me!
73,
Paul