[Dx-qsl] QSL Etiquette

Tue Feb 28 14:39:26 EST 2012

There is no such thig as QSL Etiquette. Its up to each individual 
whether they qsl or not. My pwersonal policy is only to QSL cards received.
I never send out buro cards only direct cards which I particularly 
need. Some stations are prolific QSLers and now they have a computer 
at their
disposal print out QSL cards or labels like toilet tissue without regard 
to whether people actually want them or not.
The old days of the QSL being the final courtesy of a QSO are long 
gone. Where is the courtesy in 59 Montana! Where is the QSO for 
that matter.
You will receive the same card for the same band ad nauseum..............
Unless its one you specifically want - send them all to the round 
file. Re-cyle!
Use LOTW and forget the rest
:'(
Tom
GM4FDM
On 28/02/2012 19:30, Dick Flanagan wrote:
> I started to become active in RTTY contesting last year and am now
> starting to receive hundreds of unsolicited bureau QSL cards for those
> contacts. I would say that about two-thirds of them specifically state
> "PSE QSL" which I am more than happy to do, but how should I handle
> those that simply say "TNX NICE QSO" or simply contain nothing other
> than the QSO data?
>> Part of me wants to think that they wouldn't have gone to the trouble of
> sending me a card if they didn't want one in return, but is that a valid
> assumption? Would it be rude of me to not return a card without an
> explicit "PSE QSL?" The time and cost to me of a bureau return is
> negligible, but is it naive of me to think that every unsolicited QSL is
> a request for mine??
>> I want to do the right thing, but I'm not always sure what that is.
>> Dick
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