On 17/02/2012 9:16 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote: " ...But what if the ARRL, and others, was to suddenly announce that they'd no longer issue hard copy certificates---"virtual awards" only, viewable on-line...? I wonder if that might cool one's enthusiasm for ANY paper-chasing. We now have virtual QSL cards---can virtual awards be far behind...?"
Interesting point Eddy. But I don't think paper QSL's are doomed - at least I hope not. I still have almost a hundred spaces to fill in my Topband QSL album, and LoTW and e-QSL's don't count. ( I wonder if stamp collectors recognize copies of photos of stamps as valid for their collections). I seem to remember Pogo going fishing with a picture of a worm as bait. He caught a picture of a fish. A friend of mine, a keen recreational sailor, once asked me why we Hams still used Morse code, pointing out that the Military got rid of Morse decades ago! I asked him why sailors like himself didn't switch to motor boats, since the world's navies got rid of these sailing ships a hundred years ago. He was not amused. Bert, VE3QAA _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK