Re: [IRCA] mw qsls & my thoughts

["Martin and Wendy Foltz" <martinfoltz@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Robbie,

Yes, we should always be friendly when writing to any station. The pursuit
of MW verifications has changed but they are still out there. There are
still some stations that print cards but most will either send a letter or
will return a prepared card. There are also some that send emails. In the
past 4 years I've had 75% returns on MW reports but it takes more follow up
reports and emails to find the person that will take a few minutes from
their busy day. Be polite, write a good report, send return postage and be
persistant. It also helps to send a MP3 file. I use the small CDs that will
fit in a standard envelope.

Glad to see another QSLer in the group. There aren't many of us left.

Martin Foltz
Mission Viejo CA

> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:06:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Robbie j."
> Subject: [IRCA] mw qsls & my thoughts
>
> Hey All, I know that it sometimes hard to get qsls
> from mw stations now. I sent an email to the gm of one
> station a few weeks ago and didn`t hear anything back.
> However, I did get a real nice letter from the ce of a
> small station(5kw night time) about a year ago. It now
> sits on my shack wall. I`ve had better luck with hf
> qsls in the past and so I don`t normally contact mf
> stations.
>  But I would say to those that may not get much
> wallpaper, to just be friendly and real helpful and
> you just may get that card you`ve been looking for.
>  Just keep in mind that in todays world of stations
> being run on networks and most local people(if even
> there) are just to get adds on air and do local
> remotes/sports stuff. There will proububly be few eng.
> people on staff as a lot of those now do work for
> several stations and are not always kept "in the
> loop".
>  Your report will most likly first go to a sec. or a
> gm that really isn`t interested in dxing. But if you
> can find ther right people you can sometimes get a
> response of some form. That is what I do when looking
> for a reply to a dx contact. Just a few of my
> thoughts.
> Good dx to all, Robbie in wyoming


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