M0TTB / M6BBC - QSL Cards Received
A small assortment of QSL cards received by myself, M0TTB (or even M6BBC)
Receiving paper QSL cards has always been very important to me, not for award purposes or anything like that, just the pleasure in confirming a qso with something physical & unique. Many QSL cards tell you a great deal about the Radio Amateur & their QTH at the other end of the qso, some are beautiful some more mundane but every single card is gratefully appreciated.
Please let me know if you wish your card to be removed
Still awaiting QSL card reply 5 months after sending SAE + $$ or IRC
This is not necessarily a reflection on the operator's trustworthiness, but more often a reflection on the insecure postal service at their end. I have a 90%+ return rate, so I'm am more than happy with QSL'ing direct.
AP2IA Google tells the story & confidence of return lasted about 10 minutes after working him.
AU30SHI Indian special event station, always going to be tricky. India postal service very insecure.
EA9LZ E-mailed, no reply.
EP3HF Never going to be easy, no reply to e-mails - Painful being a new one, but you've got to try.
HS0ZIQ Good guy, Thai postal service extremely insecure & civil disturbances when sent.
JY6ZZ Club station in Jordan, always on to a loser with this.
LA6CN Out of cards
PZ5RA Confirmed as not received, good guy but Suriname post very insecure, $$ only doesn't help
SV9COL Confirmed as not received. SV postal service known as rather insecure
SV2DXA Out of cards, but not confident given political qrz entry. BURO best for EU, lesson learned.
WH2X E-mailed, no reply. From online logs of others, I am definitely not alone in havinga long wait.
YV1RDX E-mailed, no reply.
8Q7NC Haven't given up hope but no reply to contact form sent to F6BGC. I am definitely not alone.
9A7B Club station, no e-mail address. The last time I waste $$ on a club station, lesson learned.
My thoughts:
If you are an amateur radio operator in a desirable dxcc AND thousands of $$ are regularly going missing from your fellow radio amateurs in their simple pursuit of a qsl reply, do one of two things.
1: Get a qsl manager in a secure country.
2: State on your qrz entry that you do not qsl, or at the very least admit the problem and state that a reply is highly unlikely.
I really don't think 'It's the postal service in my country' is a valid excuse for some infamous operators out there, after decades and 10's of thousands of $$ going 'missing' in your name. If you don't do either of the above (manager or stating 'no qsl'), you will naturally be accused of being a theif.
