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

[Michael Hawkins <downsized99@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greg,

 

I didn't read that he sent the same report over and over again to KDAC.  I read that it took over 20 years to get one.  I'd give a guess that he sent a fresh one.  I had a bunch of stations on my sh*t list because of non-verification.  When I read that they were again verifying, I would send out a fresh one and hope for the best.  Patrick lives and breathes DX, so I'd guess he did the same.

Greg Myers <gmyers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In the case of your KDAC verie, what is the value of a verie that was 20+
years in the making? If the station had been sold and however many changes
had taken place during that time, how does the new personnel even know what
was aired back then? It's nice of them to respond, but it would seem to me
they were just being nice and really had no idea what the programming was
that they were responding to, which for me would certainly lessen the
"value" of the verie. With that long of a period, I would simply try to log
it again no matter how difficult. But then, this is a VERY individual hobby
which makes the whole argument mute!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Martin"
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica"

Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] QSL Managers/DX Tests/Etc.


> Greg,
>
> My rule of thumb on f/ups, is to try a couple like you said. I have
> never sent more than 2 or 3 at the most. If by then don't get a reply, I
> go after another angle. I may phone the station, or in some cases even
> visit a station. I have never been turned down for a QSL in walking in
> the door. It still comes down to "PR" and stations generally are not
> rude face to face if you are nice. It is easier to ignore a QSL request
> through the mail. Plus, stations change people all of the time. Wait a
> couple years and send that f/up again, or a re-log. Maybe 5 years, but
> there is always a way to get that QSL nicely. KGRB-900-West Covina CA
> and KDAC-1230-Ft. Bragg CA were "Black" stations for years and years.
> The owners hated DXers and would not even talk to them. Why, I don't
> know. Well, with KGRB, it took until the 90s to log it from here as they
> don't get out that well. A year or so before, the station was sold. I
> took a f/up, but I got a FAX QSL. In the case of KDAC, I visited the
> station one year on my way back from LA. The station also had been sold
> and the new owner was very friendly. Besides getting a nice full detail
> QSL letter on letterhead from the CE in person, when I returned home I
> also got another from the new owner. For the record, I tried to QSL KDAC
> in 1969 and it took until 1995 to get one! So it still can be done.
>
> 73,
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KAVT Reception Manager
>
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