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GM7HUD > QSL 05.03.06 01:24l 28 Lines 1448 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: RE:G0FTD's comments on QSL'ing
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G0FTD wrote:-
> I'd say about 90% of mine do, but I wonder why anyone would want a card
> from just another plain ol' G station.
Some people just *have* to have a card for every QSO. I was surprised by
the pleading I was subjected to by a PA station to send him a card for a
contact on 10MHz. I told him "sorry no qsl here" but he winged on about how
rare MM calls are on 10MHz and he needed it to complete his lifelong QSL
card collection and that it would cure his son's cancer and enable all the
people of the world to lead meaningful lives and stamp out famine in the
3rd world and on and on and on and on.... So I relented and sent him a
postcard of Edinburgh with the contact details on the back.
I can understand people after Pete's DX group cards if they are working
somewhere a bit out of the ordinary (especially EJ prefixes) and I can just
about accept that MM0 on 10MHz might be a bit thinner on the ground
compared to other European prefixes but as you say run of the mill G
contacts do surprise me. Perhaps you're working people who've never worked
a G-punk before and they need it for WAP (worked all punks) :-)
I dont send them anymore and when I work groups like Pete's that have put
time and money into producing cards I make sure I tell them thank you but I
dont want the card and they can make their funds go further by sending the
card to someone who collects them. This is always favourably received.
73 de Andy GM7HUD
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