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Just a thought about the past.
WHAT COUNTS AS A QSL?
Tonight, as I was digging thought old QSL's I
have receive from the past, from broadcast band stations, I ran across a letter
from WCFL-1000 in Chicago. The envelope was post mark -- 15 Jan 1968, with a 6
cents stamp. The outside of the cover has written on it, "WCFL, the voice of
labor." At that time WCFL was run by labor unions of Chicago.
The letter is in a form of a memo, and is signed by
Phil Harper, Director of Engineering. This memo said,
"We will gladly send you our QSL card, thanks
for the excellent reception report.
However, I must ask you to denda stamped
self-addressed envelope (6 cents) to:"
The memo goes on to give an address to send a 6
cent stamp to.
This character wasted time and postage to tell
me that I needed to send him postage so he could send me a QSL. The envelope is
a large cover with this small piece of paper in it.
So a few questions arise here.
1. Is this letter good enough to count as a QSL,
since the sender does acknowledge I did send him a 'excellent' report? By
using
the word 'excellent' would indicate it was correct.
I had never noticed this until this moment. I
had, over all these years, just assumed it was a conformation.
I never sent him the postage and never received a printed QSL. And
it's obvious it's a little late to do so at this time, since WCFL is no
longer.
2. Was/is this typical of the way a union works and
treats it's employee's? Wasting time and money to gig someone over 6
cents.
3. Not a bad price for postage, was
it.
Just a thought to pass on to the
group.
Willis, WB5KHD
Old Fort, TN
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