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September 18th 04, 09:36 AM

(Stereophile22) wrote:

Many SWL'ers like collecting QSL's from every station they can hear.. Many ham
radio operators like collecting QSL's from every station they can hear.
[...]
But most hams wouldn't send a QSL to a SWL, since the SWL's didn't have QSL' s
of their own to give the ham radio operators.
[...]
A lot of hams then would send their QSL' to SWL's since it was now a fair trade
with the ham radio operator also getting a QSL back that verified the shortwave
listeners heard him/her/them.

One does not need a hokey fake callsign to send a QSL. How about the
important stuff: location, signal strength and quality, antenna,
receiver... y'know, similar to what you'd put in a reception report to
a broadcast station.

--
Eric F. Richards,
"This book reads like a headache on paper."
http://www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/readi...one/index.html