[Elecraft] QSL cards + A Question

2006-06-05 Thread Tom Skinner
Hello Group, I'm slowly returning to active status after a very long hiatus, and I'm starting to fill up the log. I'm not sure if the old etiquette for QSLing still holds. In the past, exchanging QSL cards was considered part of the hobby - sort of a polite way to end the QSO. I know

Re: [Elecraft] QSL cards + A Question

2006-06-05 Thread Stephen W. Kercel
Tom: Paper QSLing has become very expensive. eQSL is not recognized for major awards such as DXCC and WAS. (Unless the policy has recently changed) LOTW is recognized for DXCC and WAS, and is likely to expand to other awards. I have about 1600 QSOs logged on LOTW resulting in about 200

RE: [Elecraft] QSL cards + A Question

2006-06-05 Thread Craig Rairdin
I'm slowly returning to active status after a very long hiatus, and I'm starting to fill up the log. I'm not sure if the old etiquette for QSLing still holds. I'm also a recent re-activated ham. I operate almost 100% contests only, so my QSOs are a bit weird and not normally QSL'd. I try to

Re: [Elecraft] QSL cards + A Question

2006-06-05 Thread Jay Schwisow
Tom, It is ok to send cards and expect a reply. The class contesters will return a QSL. It may take a few weeks to a month or so but your response rate should be high. Yes - there are a few that will not respond but this is also true of the rest of ham population. eqsl and LOTW are