Re: [IRCA] QSL??? DX test CFFX 960

["Saul Chernos" <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Toilet tissue QSLs? Hmmm. Something to consider...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Konnie Rychalsky" <dxbox87@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] QSL??? DX test CFFX 960

> Now now girls, kiddies, no one ever implied I wasn't gratefull, or 
> grapefruit, or unhappy with whatever I get.  But then, "whatever I get" 
> doesn't include toilet tissue with station logo on it... that's not a QSL 
> and never will be.   Don't settle for imitations.  Last I checked, the 
> term "QSL" is a historical ham radio term, and is still defined as a 
> "card."  [QST.com] There are enough revisionists out there.  A QSL is a 
> card.  Cyber gets flushed into the cyber-toilet...  to put it simply, 
> e-QSLs reek, or to put it mildly, "just stink."
>
> Every non-QSL replies received by a listener is a golden opportunity by 
> the listener to inform and educate a station on the "history" and offer 
> the opportunity to be a part of it.  Good will, and not "what I can get" 
> is what the hobby is about.  Where are the marketing people in this 
> group???
>
> I only asked, paper or plastic, credit of debit, QSL card or letter.
>
> Konnie
> SW CT
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:27:11 -0700
>> From: mwdx@xxxxxxxxxx
>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] QSL??? DX test CFFX 960
>>
>> Be grateful for whatever you can get.
>> If you'd like something more, at least be diplomatic about asking for it.
>>
>> On Dec 31, 2007 3:04 PM, k4ape  wrote:
>>>
>>>> re QSL, is this "card" or letter? I don't collect cyber.
>>>
>>> AMEN and AMEN!!!!! Cyber is _NOT_ a real QSL!
>> --
>> Mesa Mike
>> LA de NM
>
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