Bert,
I think the FCC should require all licensed radio stations to keep QSL
cards on hand to handle the high number of reception reports, no matter how few
are received. QSL cards can be printed up for as little as $10 per 1,000. When I
got my ham radio license back in 1992, I spent $20 to get 1,000 QSL cards
printed up; some of them have been used by stations as verifications (most
notably WFWL 1220 Camden, TN and WCGO 1600 Chicago Heights, IL). That would save
the copywriter a lot of headaches; all the engineer, program director or general
manager has to do is fill in the blanks.
When I was at WFTD 1080 Marietta, GA, I typed up a verification letter for
my boss at the time, Rocky Payne. In fact, Rocky was my verie signer when I
heard WFTD back in 1993. WGNU 920 either has a secretary sign the verification
letters (I would prefer sending the report to PD/GM Charles Geer); WSIE 88.7,
the station I work at now, gets some E-mail reports either via GM Frank Akers or
afternoon drive DJ Ross Gentile. I'm going to have to get a form letter together
for WSIE; it's fairly common on E-skip openings. When I had KCFV 89.5 verified
in 1985, my boss at the time, Ted Faas, signed the verification. The only boss I
worked with who had an indifferent view on DXers and DXing was Reed Hale at
WFUN-FM 95.5 Bethalto, IL. Radio One now owns the station; they may have a
different view on DXers and DXing than the local owners who ran it from its
inception in 1991 (as WXJO) until 1999.
73, Eric (N0UIH)
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