Re: [IRCA] WISN

["Les Rayburn" <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete,

Your points are well taken...but;

1. Greg's comments could hardly be consider "exploring" the issue.
"I take it that Kent isn't going to verify" is a complain, not an 
exploration.

2. We do offer to handle QSL chores...and people do commit to things
that despite their best intentions, they cannot complete. I've been guilty
of it and I'm sure everyone else has too.

3. Anyone who'd like to take over the task of calling stations to ask for
DX tests only to hear a horror story about how some hobbyist
wrote letters complaining about the lack of QSL's, reported some
station to the FCC, or complained to their boss about something is
welcome to the job.

I've heard each of those stories from station managers and CE's within
the last year.

We simply have to understand that we are distant listeners who generate
no revenue for the stations we listen to. They cannot reasonably be
too concerned about us or our requests. To put it simply, as my father
liked to say, "beggars can't be choosers".

Is that QSL card really worth potentially upsetting a DX-friendly
guy like Kent Winrich? Not to me it isn't?





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Taylor" <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Les Rayburn" <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Mailing list for the 
International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:34 AM
Subject: WISN


>  Les Rayburn wrote:
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>> And once again, someone feels that their QSL card is more important
>> than maintaining good relationships with the broadcasting community.
>
> I don't think this has to be an "either/or" situation. As with WTIC,  I 
> think DXers who reported are looking for closure. If Kent had said  up 
> front that he just wasn't staffed to handle QSLing, that would be  cool; I 
> would have tried for the test anyway. I think he could be  asked in a 
> friendly way how he was coming along. Would it help if one  of us printed 
> QSL cards for him to sign and send out? Would he be  comfortable sending 
> all the reports to one of us to verify? I'm not  ganging up on him but I 
> think it's OK if we try to be resourceful and  try to find ways to make 
> things happen. By exploring this on the  list, we can avoid someone's 
> sending a snotty, demanding E-mail which  would indeed damage the 
> relationship.
>
> Pete Taylor
> Tacoma, WA
> ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop
> DX398; Palomar loop
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