The final courtesy of a QSO is a QSL

[VK3SIX]

I will never repeat NEVER be going back on 6M from any VK9 island..

Why

Due to the pathetic QSL response.

I have over 1500 cards left from a print of 3000


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Send an SASE if you want a return

For a few years I answered every card received, whether or not an SASE was enclosed. In fact, I returned a few SASEs as well, and griped about those who refused to QSL without an SASE. However, the basic laws of economics caught up with me- at 37 cents a pop I can't afford to respond to QSLs that don't contain return postage. I dare not attempt to make an exact calculation, but suffice it to say that I could have bought a new ICOM 756 PRO II for what I have spent in postage over the last few years. When I QSL I always enclose an SASE, and even this does not guarantee a return (there are even some deadbeat U.S. 6m DXers out there too). The other straw that broke the camel's back (aside from my job as a 3rd call bureau sorter) was the volume of cards I recieved for activating FM28 & Delaware on 50MHz- at least 16 cards were recieved without return postage. Bottom line, if you want my grid, or any grid I activate, enclose an SASE or forget it.[/u]

[VK4GHZ]

The EUs are so lame when it comes to QSLing 6m DX... and I mean real DX.

This is a further indication of how easy DXCC is to come by over there, and the complacency that follows.