Hi all,
Until recently, I was getting 5 or more electronic QSL's from numerous sources, until I took my email address out of QRZ and put it in my bio with an (at) instead of the @ sign.
I did try unsubscribing from two sites, but that did not stop emailed QSL's from arriving here. I also noticed that all were already confirmed via LoTW, so I really did not see the point of this spam. If they were from folk that do not use LoTW, I would have responded (via email) to suggest that if they want a card, then use the bureau, as an electronic card is not valid for anything.
From what I can see, these electronic cards are simply an ADIF dump to one of these services, and not personalised at all, which is pointless.
I therefore totally agree with Joe on this.
73 de Phil GU0SUP
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From:
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[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV
Sent: 30 April 2025 22:59
To:
[email protected]Subject: Re: [DXLab] Electronic QSL
On 2025-04-30 5:44 PM, Chuck, WS1L via groups.io wrote:
My feelings are that although these e-cards are not valid for any
awards, they are still "the final courtesy" being sent by the other
operator.
I do not view unsolicited commercial e-mail (yes, these e-mail QSL
operations are commercial) as a courtesy. It is an invasion of my
privacy just like any other unsolicited commercial e-mail (SPAM).
so I would be in favor of a quick way to reply to those that I do
receive.
I am strongly opposed to anything that would encourage this liddish
behavior.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2025-04-30 5:44 PM, Chuck, WS1L via groups.io wrote:
My feelings are that although these e-cards are not valid for any awards,
they are still "the final courtesy" being sent by the other operator. I
have started to get a few, so I would be in favor of a quick way to reply
to those that I do receive.
73 de Chuck, WS1L
chandlerusm@...
On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 5:01?PM Dave AA6YQ via groups.io <aa6yq=
[email protected]> wrote:
+ AA6YQ comments below
I have also gotten many of these. Some are nice cards, other's very
generic with a "typewriter" font that's hard to read. I should just dump
them but I have been answering since old habits die hard. I also send to
eQSL, LOTW and CLublog automatically when the QSO is terminated.
I made up a card with Paint Shop Pro (any paint/art program will work)
with everything, address, grid square, county etc but the QSO info. When I
get a card, I look in DXK for the particular entry and highlight it and
copy to clipboard in the popup. This goes to wordpad which I copy and in
Paint Shop Pro, add it to the card I made which now has the needed info
added in text. Save it and send it off.
Odd that when I copy to clipboard, I do not get all the info...i.e. the
signal report is missing although it is in the log entry and was
highlighted and maybe copied. No big deal...I just add the sig report. Is
there a limit to what can be copied to the clipboard in DXK?
+ Rather than generate a QSL card image populated with QSO information and
place it in the Windows Clipboard, perhaps a new "Generate text QSL"
right-mouse menu command could be an augmented version of the current "Copy
to Windows Clipboard" command that include signal reports and the "QSL
Message" item (if logged). This could be generated in multi-line format,
e.g.
Callsign: ZS8W
Frequency: 14.087
Mode: FT8
Date: 2025-04-28
Time: 07:58:45Z
Notes: Tnx QSL!
73 de AA6YQ
+ and quickly pasted into a return email message.
+Comments, suggestions, better ideas?
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
Phil Cooper