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VK2ATC R. Iwasenko has contributed to 1 posts out of 11719 total posts
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Getting more eQSLs »
How to get more people to join EQSL??!! Apr 26, 2010 12:18 PM
(Total replies: 43)
New ideas always seem to follow the same trajectory: 1. Hostility and rejection. 2. Creeping acceptance. 3. Universal recognition. Before I started using eQSL, I was unsure if it was as good as having paper cards. But after using it, I have made it my primary method of QSL'ing. I keep the received QSL pictures in a folder on the PC, where I can browse them anytime I wish and even turn them into a slideshow. My paper cards are in the cupboard where they gather dust. It is also wonderful to have QSLs' appear soon after a contact, it makes the QSO even more special. There will always be organisations and individuals, who like king Canute try to turn back the tide, but they will be eventually swept away by unstoppable momentum. Each person who migrates to eQSL primarily is another contact not available for the traditionalists, so the pool of contacts for them will drop. Eventually, to survive, they will need to adapt to the new landscape or go extinct. I feel for those people who cannot adapt to the electronic QSL mode of thinking, but at least eQSL makes it a reasonably painless path to join. In this way they are doing what is best for ALL hams, even those without complicated computers and extensive computer experience. Also by offering free membership, it gives support to those hams in situations that cannot afford more than the most modest of stations and expenses. Dave N5UP, is to be commended for this and deserves the support he has garnered from all over the globe. Finally, I am in no doubt that eQSL will become the primary qsl'ing method, as like a snowball, every extra ham who joins will bring more along with him in time, forming an unstoppable momentum. As an interesting mathematical diversion, if 75 new members join each day, as stated elsewhere, that would be a growth rate of 17 percent annually, based on 160,000 current members. Using the approximate compound interest formula for doubling 70/17, that would result in a doubling every 4 years. So in 4 years the membership may be 320,000. In 8 years 640,000. This of course assumes a continued growth of 17 percent, but it may be more, if the momentum picks up. So it looks like the future is pretty good for eQSL based on current trends. 73s es cheers - Rob VK2ATC R. Iwasenko |
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