Originally posted on 'The wet string chronicles' in December 2009.
I’ll begin by saying first of all that not all amateurs look on the eQSL concept favourably. Many see it as open to abuse and as a consequence many awards bodies do not accept an eQSL (or ‘electronic QSL’) as confirmation of a contact. OK, that’s that out of the way.
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| eQSL from YW4D, Venezuela, 40m CW |
I’ll begin by saying first of all that not all amateurs look on the eQSL concept favourably. Many see it as open to abuse and as a consequence many awards bodies do not accept an eQSL (or ‘electronic QSL’) as confirmation of a contact. OK, that’s that out of the way.
Having said that, many amateurs do use them. They’re cheap (free in their basic form) and they’re quick. This 40m CW eQSL for instance is for a contact made only 2 days ago in the CQWW contest.
I like to save the more interesting eQSL images and use them as a screensaver on my PC (mixed in with scans of my paper QSL cards). Even though they’re not admissible for awards, I know they represent contacts I made and as such they’re as much a reminder of a contact as any paper QSL.
Given it’s a free service (unless you choose to contribute) I think it’s a really worthwhile service for those hams who have neither the time nor funds to QSL by other means. Check them out at eQSL.cc.
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