Re: the QSL debate

[Dan Henderson <dandan2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Sonny:

I couldn't have said it better myself.  

QSLs forever..........


Dan Henderson


At 02:09 AM 2/15/97 +0900, you wrote:
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>Hello again everyone
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>Happy Valentine's Day to all.
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>I seldom write reception reports for QSLs myself these days, but I'm no
>less excited about those colorful little pieces of paper, of which I have
>about 1200 if I remember right, as I was when I received my first from
>Radio Peking, then Radio Moscow a week later, back in April 1978.
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>Jorma Mantyla wrote:
>>QSL's also have some value; they are far from being worthless.
>>However, it is very difficult to measure the value of a QSL.  For
>>me they have no commercial value, and for me the value on ranking
>>lists is at least questionable.
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>After all, come to think of it, most of the things that really matter and
>we cherish in our lives have no commercial value. I'm sure glad QSLs aren't
>like some treasure that money can buy or can be sold for money. QSLs don't
>have to be rare to be special to us. It's all in the heart of the DXer.
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>>I think the value of QSL is mostly cultural and historical.
>
>Well, I think it's more purely personal. Seems like the odds are against us
>when we expect the world to recognize how we cherish these "useless" cards
>and letters.
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>>I have QSL's from such stations as Radio Veronica, Radio Espana
>>Independiente, Radio Euzkadi, Radio Volga, Radio Berlin International,
>>VoA Hue (South Vietnam 760 kHz), Radio Voice of the Gospel, KSBU
>>Okinawa 1360 kHz, KGEI San Francisco, WNBC New York 660 kHz (heard
>>during the last weeks they were on AM), Radio Grenada SW, Radio
>>Discovery 15045 kHz etc.
>
>I too have some of these, plus SuperRock KYOI Saipan (ca. 1985), Radio Aum
>Shinrikyo, Radio Station Peace and Progress, Radio Vilnius from the
>Lithuanian *SSR*, even Radio RSA and Beijing and Moscow....
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>If you want to see how valuable QSLs can be, look how this debate has
>carried on! Never mind do they prove anything. Never mind do others
>understand. We sure love our QSLs, don't we? And isn't that all that
>matters, gentlemen?
>
>Sonny
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