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K0ARY/VP9 Bruce has contributed to 16 posts out of 11671 total posts
(0.14%) in 7,045 days (0.00 posts per day).
20 Most recent posts:
eAward Suggestions »
Eliminate all e-QSL awards Jul 7, 2007 10:16 PM
(Total replies: 11)
Darin, Thank you for you thoughtful reply ! I definitely don’t propose “Gold” membership being mandatory and the color of one’s membership is not an issue with me but again why should AG Certification be mandatory? No organization can verify the honesty or integrity its membership. AG Certification verifies that some type of documentation has been submitted of which the authenticity of which can not really be confirmed. In the computer age it is not that difficult to falsify documents. How is eQSL going to AG Certify contacts with county-hunters as they move from county to county or portable stations operating from another state during their vacation? As an example I have three AG Certified accounts with operating locations in St Louis and Bermuda operating under three different call signs. My AG Certification passes on to all of my new accounts. I could just as easily have more accounts in any other location I might choose. If I wanted to be dishonest I could operate from just one location and say I was at one of the other account locations. So what can my AG Certification really verify? It only counts for an award eQSL Award. So, again, why not eliminate the eQSL awards? Or eliminate AG certification? Why does eQSL have to be in DIRECT competition with LoTW? I fully support the ARRL and am an active member. LoTW is designed for ARRL award credit only. I can’t put a LoTW credit in a file, an album, a screensaver, or hang it on the wall or show it to a friend but I can do those things with an eQSL. What other awards accept LoTW credits? I don’t know of any that do. But some organizations do accept eQSLs. The purpose of eQSL.cc as stated in “About Us” on the home page is: “eQSL.cc is the … global electronic QSL card exchange for amateur radio operators and SWLs. It is designed to be the fastest, easiest, and cheapest way to exchange QSO confirmations, eliminating the cost and time that regular QSL cards have required for the past half century.” As a secondary goal: “It is another goal of ours to make arrangements with … other amateur organizations to ensure that they will accept our eQSLs for awards and contests.” ARRL awards are not the only awards out there. RAC awards do not require the submission of any particular type of QSL cards only verification by two amateurs that the individual applying for the award has the QSL cards. Would you accept non-AG Certified eQSLs for the RAC awards? I would. I don’t think the new ham is going to devalue the receipt of a “rare DX” eQSL because it is not AG Certified. I have been licensed since 1955. It was common practice back then to send QSL cards as a post card. The DX cards would on occasion arrive with a foreign postage stamp on the card. It was a suitable validation when checking the cards. It has been quite a few years since I have received QSL cards as postcards, most arrive in envelopes or through a bureau. I am also aware of the attitudes of which you spoke. Those and similar thoughts and opinions have been around amateur community longer than I have. As a member of eQSL I also promote the AG Certification but don’t feel it should be a mandatory requirement for membership. Gratefully the AG Certification is FREE. I know many amateurs chase awards. I have a few myself. I would like to see more effort directed toward gaining acceptance of eQSLs by award issuing organizations. I upload all of my QSO’s into eQSL but I believe there are many members who do not. I can understand that for those who do not use computer logging programs. I also know that it takes time and effort to maintain a eQSL account. I have uploaded 3,579 AG Certified eQSLs since last June. Approximately 70% of my contacts are non-US or non-Canadian QSO’s. My return rate is about 20% and mostly non-AG Certified. I agree that there is a higher return rate for PSK, RTTY and SSTV QSO’s than CW or SSB. However, I am a DX station to all of my contacts. 73, Bruce, KØARY/VP9  K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
eAward Suggestions »
Eliminate all e-QSL awards Jun 21, 2007 05:15 PM
(Total replies: 11)
How about an e-QSL award for islands, grids, Europe, SSTV, QRP, DX50, Canada, 1000 or any untold number of subjects. Awards, awards and more award requests.  Is that all e-QSL is supposed to do, generate awards for using their service?Are you saying that if the e-QSL Organization can not provide you with an award you don't want the e-QSL's. Or are you saying to others " I don't want your e-QSL unless your AG Certified and a new contact for some award or another"? Are you saying " I don't want your e-QSL from Florida, New York, California or other areas with large numbers of amateur radio operators because I already have an AG Certified e-QSL from your area and I don't want to be bothered with your e-QSL."? Under those circumstances I'm sure your not going to bother to upload your QSO's into the e-QSL system if you already have AG Certified e-QSL's for that award, whatever it might be. Which, in turn, will generate the complaint from the membership, "Why don't I get more e-QSL's?".  Be content with the awards offered. E-QSL.cc has the right to set the requirements for their awards as they see fit. Look to other organizations to provide various operating awards. There are hundreds of awards already out there. The ARRL is not the only game in town. Let e-QSL.cc do what it was designed to do and does extremely well and that is "To provide a means of exchanging QSL cards confirming QSO's between two amateur radio stations electronically through the internet. Why does everyone have to be AG certified  ? If e-QSL wants to offer certification and some members want to be certified, fine so be it. I wonder if all the indivuals clamering for "mandatory AG Status for membership" would be just as vocal supporting "mandatory Gold Level membership?Why not just eliminate all e-QSL Awards and eliminate the fuss  ?73 and good DXing, Bruce, KØARY/VP9 K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Getting more eQSLs »
What do you do with eQSLs? May 31, 2007 05:31 PM
(Total replies: 31)
The purpose of this discussion thread was to provide others with some ideas of ways to display their QSL collection whether they are e-QSL cards, printed or just downloaded, or whether they are paper QSL cards sent by mail. Complaining about e-QSLs acceptance or nonacceptance for awards by various organizations is not appropriate for this topic nor, in my opinion, should it be a condition for upgrading to Silver or Gold membership. I can not afford to send a paper QSL card to every station that I contact but using e-QSL I can make an e-QSL available to every station I contact. I do provide paper QSL cards for all cards received in such a manner. Best 73 Bruce KØARY/VP9 K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Getting more eQSLs »
VOIP Contacts Apr 19, 2007 02:51 PM
(Total replies: 6)
I don't know about others but I don't consider internet assisted contacts as elgible for QSL confirmation even though I have and do use those systems. I feel they are just the same as internet chat rooms and not amateur radio QSO's. I don't even log them into a log. Maybe I'm a purest. 73, Bruce, KØARY/VP9 K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Getting more eQSLs »
Increasing the percentage of Eqsl Return ? Apr 19, 2007 02:39 PM
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I guess this is as good of a topic to post this under as any. Inorder to comply with the e-QSL guide lines I have, as of now, only three separate AG approved accounts K0ARY, K0ARY/VP9 and VP9/K0ARY. I am continually having to reject e-QSL contacts because they are listed under the wrong call sign. For some reason most operators think that all countries are signatures to the "CEPT" treaty and the country prefix has to be in front of the station call sign. The Bermuda Amateur Radio Station Licence issued me designates my station licence as K0ARY/VP9 for my operation while in Bermuda, not VP9/K0ARY. All of my regular day to day contacts are made with this call sign. Because of the computerized contest logging programs being used during contests I use the VP9/K0ARY call sign only during contests. Even though I have not used my home call K0ARY for over 10 years, I still receive e-QSL's addressed to this callsign even though the contact was made with K0ARY/VP9 or VP9/K0ARY. If you want the e-QSL confirmation please use the call sign of the station worked in the format he/she used during the QSO. 73, Bruce, KØARY/VP9 K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Support - English speaking »
Vacation QTH Oct 14, 2006 09:06 PM
(Total replies: 1)
I don't know if it is what you are looking for but I have three accounts with overlaping dates. The dates and time periods only have to vary by as little as a minute or so. The call signs have to be different in some way because that is how eQSL sorts the contacts ( VA3JSL and VA3JSL/P). I have mine entered similar to this example: Call sign 1 & location March 01, 2004 00:01 March 01, 2010 23:59 Call sign 2 & location March 01, 2004 00:10 March 01, 2010 22:00 Call sign 3 & location March 02, 2004 00:01 February 28, 2010 23:549 K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Support - English speaking »
Alternate QSL cards for linked accounts Oct 14, 2006 08:57 PM
(Total replies: 2)
I have, as far as I know, three different eQSL card designs. One design for each linked account. There is a style 1, style 3 and style 4 card. Each account provides a different card. K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Support - English speaking »
uploading adif file Oct 10, 2006 09:53 AM
(Total replies: 1)
You should only have to upload the new QSO's. Uploading previously uploaded QSO's should generate a notice that it is a duplicate of a QSO from a previous upload. K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Support - English speaking »
re-calling log entries Oct 10, 2006 09:49 AM
(Total replies: 1)
eQSL log entries are stored in your Home Page Outbox. Selecting the Outbox will bring up a window that will allow you to search for a specific callsign or groups of contacts that can be sorted in various ways. K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Support - English speaking »
How does one edit an error in a log entry? Oct 10, 2006 09:46 AM
(Total replies: 1)
It's not too difficult if you only have a few to do. I have made a few mistakes and uploaded multiple QSOs with the wrong date. On your eQSL Home Page select the Log/Outbox icon or the Outbox icon. Enter either the callsign to search for or select one of the Table of Contents entries that contains the log entry you wish to change, select the sort order, regenerate the list and click on the "EDIT" button in front of the log entry you want to change, make the correction and Save. I don't know of away to make mass corrections such as changing the date on 175 QSOs from the 6th to the 7th of the month. Which I had to do Sunday. K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Getting more eQSLs »
What do you do with eQSLs? Jul 26, 2006 11:27 AM
(Total replies: 31)
I have been a amateur radio operator and have been collecting QSL cards for over 50 years. Most of the paper cards I have received have ended up in the "circular file", although a few have been stored away. I have only been a member of eQSL for about a year. In the past year I have logged over 6000 QSO's with eQSL and have had 1000 confirmations, AG and non-AG. I think eQSL is a great idea and operation but what do you do with the eQSL or any QSL card. Having a wall full of cards is a little tacky, and it can get costly to print every eQSL that comes in my "In Box". All my eQSLs are stored in a computer file on a CD. I keep one card from each state and one card from each DXCC entity in a photo album for 4x6 inch pictures. I rotate the cards as new ones come are received. That way I always have some current cards to show to visitors. Last "Mothers Day" I bought the XYL a digital picture frame for her family pictures. The light bulb went on !! I could load my eQSL cards and display them in the digital picture frame. I have over 1500 cards on a 128Mb photo chip. Each card is about 30-40Kb in size. Visitors seem to like watching the eQSL slide show. What do you do with your cards  Bruce, K0ARY/VP9 K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Support - English speaking »
How can I display my callsign's Zero with a slash in it? May 15, 2006 11:51 AM
(Total replies: 5)
What Bob said about using the keypad for the numbers is what I couldn't remember. Thanks, Bob. K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Support - English speaking »
How can I display my callsign's Zero with a slash in it? May 2, 2006 10:07 AM
(Total replies: 5)
Well that didn't work too well the code came out as Ø . The code ie &-#-216 0r &-#-248 but delete the - . K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
Support - English speaking »
How can I display my callsign's Zero with a slash in it? May 2, 2006 10:04 AM
(Total replies: 5)
I did at one time know the code entry to do that. I don't know exactly what you are trying to do, but there is no simple answer that I know. Supposedly there is a windows font "fixsys" that had a slash zero but I can or have not found it yet. Microsoft Word has a slashed zero available for documents by "Insert/Symbols" Font (normal text) Subset Latin-1. Once you locate the symbol you can make a "shortcut keystroke" to make its use easier. I use Ctrl Shift O as my shortcut. Also once you have the Ø in your documment you can highlight it press Ctrl C to copy it to the clipboard and the use Ctrl V command to place it in other text portions of programs. If you write html code you can use Ø or ø and then select any font style. If you are using a photo or imaging program position your O or 0 in your text where you want it and then use another text object to make the / and place it over the O or 0. I have used both methods to make QSL cards and other printable items. K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr Edited by K0ARY/VP9 Bruce on May 3, 2006 at 06:31 AM Edited by K0ARY/VP9 Bruce on May 3, 2006 at 08:58 AM
Getting more eQSLs »
Printing the Received EQSL Apr 7, 2006 12:50 PM
(Total replies: 4)
When I view the eQSL I save the eQSL as a jpg file using the "Save file icon" in the upper left hand corner of the eQSL. I then reopen the file in a photo program and make the necessary resolution adjustments (96 pixels per inch) and demensions (518x348). These settings work on my printer for landscape 4x6 with tab and 4x6 without tab. To see what your printer will print on a 4x6 photopaper. Use your photo program. make a blank photo 4x6 inches and enter abcd... across the ltngth of the blank photo and 123... from top to bottom. Then do a print set up and print. After it is printed, by counting the letters and numbers printed and croping the picture to that size you can determine the actual pixel size your eQSL needs to be before printing. Works ok for me and I put some of the printed eQSL's in a 4x6 picture album sheets. 73, Bruce, K0ARY/VP9 K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr
SWLs »
QSL card for SWL ? Apr 7, 2006 12:32 PM
(Total replies: 23)
Basically the same question. I know that the SWL station is supposed to indicate such in his profile. eQSL says that the proper SWL report will be placed on the eQSL to a SWL station. However I find that the report I am being requested to fill out for a SWL eQSL is the same as for a QSO with an amateur radio station. Also I get eQSL's from European amateur radio stations that are not in my log. When I reject the contact they e-mail back saying it was a SWL report and will I send them an eQSL. I don't mind sending eQSL to SWL stations but there should be some way to recognize them as such. Should the eQSL acceptance information I fill out read " Confirming our QSO"? 73, Bruce, K0ARY/VP9 K0ARY/VP9 Bruce B Quayle Jr |
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