[DX-CHAT] Re: SWL QSLing

[John Warren]

On Mar 17, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Elmar NL13289 wrote How many of you do reply on a QSL card from a SWL? Every now and then, discussions are started on this reflector about good and bad manners when operating. Pile-ups are a great example of mis behaviour by quite a few hams. Those "amateurs" need to start over again and do a few years of SWL-ing. Give it a try to log about 6 stations in a row (with complete RS(T)-reports) for a station not working split in a pile-up. Thats what I allways try to do. But it can be hard sometimes because of the manners of stations trying to contact the calling station. 73s, Elmar NL13289 Elmar, I was an amateur-band SWL for 39 years before getting my license, so I always reply to valid SWL cards. But I get some which are not valid : For example, with my transmitter off I spot some DX on the cluster, and an SWL assumes that I worked it, and sends a QSL card! - or I work someone on 40M and I get cards for 10/15/20/40. I gave up on QSLing when I was an SWL. The return ratio was too depressingly low. Instead I tape recorded the rare ones, and I'm glad now that I did that - some interesting memories from 1948 onwards. 73, John, NT5C. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org