[WVDXA] Mining for QSL's

[Clark L. Stewart]

DX'ers,

      Here is a tip to help improve your DXCC Standings.  Mine your logbook 
for unconfirmed QSO's.  Dig around in those old paper logs and see what 
treasures await you.

      You might want to check back even many years for a QSO that you made 
but never received the QSL.  This can be very productive!

      This summer I was looking back through an old logbook (1992) and 
found a QSO recorded for which there was no QSL marked as received.  Also, 
the "SENT" box was not checked.  Did I actually NOT send for a QSL for this 
contact?  Well, stranger things have happened.

      So, I found the QSL info, made out the card, put it in an airmail 
envelope along with a self-addressed airmail envelope and a small 
contribution.  And, today, the mailman brought my QSL, nearly 15 years 
after the contact !!!  Fantastic!

      I now have a confirmation for working Aves Island on 160-M 
!!!   Woo-Hoo !!

      Now how could any DX'er worth his salt "forget" to send for such a 
valuable card?  I can only surmise that in 1992 I did very little operating 
on 160-M (and still don't do much on that band.)  Since it seems there are 
not too many QSO's being made from Aves Island on 160-M and since I had one 
just sitting in my logbook, it was sure worth taking a chance that the QSL 
might still be available.

      So, while the bands are not that great, spend some time getting 
caught up on old, unconfirmed QSO's.  It might turn out to be just as 
satisfying as working a new one today!

      Here is a photo of my YXØAI 160-M QSL:

<http://wvinter.net/~w8tn/YX0AI.jpg>

      Yep, it was SSB.


Clark, W8TN
Still waiting on YXØLIX to SWEEP Aves Is. on 9-bands!


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