Re: [IRCA] QSL Managers/DX Tests/Etc.

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Greg Myers <gmyers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As many have mentioned the do's and dont's of QSL'ing. Here's alittle
> info
> from another list that reflects the "horror" some stations go
> through- and
> likely contribute the overall decline to responces in the past few
> years
> (this was not a verie of mine, but another DX'er. I usually let the
> matter
> drop after a f/u or 2 ... so good luck to all and to all a ........):
> "quote"
> PA 1510 WWSM Annville-Cleona ppc 30d f/up#5. Card was marked w/
> comments
> "This is not an official card", "Made up by ....." and "We do not
> QSL!" Nice
> huh! (no envelope) v/s: illegible, Sales Department (looked like R...
> I.
> Jacks or Jackson)
> 


*** No offense to anyone, but that's about what I would expect after 5
follow-ups. If after an original and a couple of follow-ups, you're
very unlikely to have any success with more. Most likely you'll create
an opposite reaction.

This brings to mind a favorite line from one of by bosses some years
back:

"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and it annoys
the pig."



Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA  ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop

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