K2WH
08-16-2002, 01:07 AM
I don't know how others feel about Eqsl, but I am stongly against the idea of computer QSL's. #Yes, I am what some would call an OT but, that's me. #I like the card in the mail the old fashioned way.
Every now and then, I go on the site to erase the EQSL's sent to me by misinformed hams and then delete my registration shortly thereafter. #This time, I cruised around the site to see if anything had changed since the last time (last year) I was on the site to clear out electronic cards. #A screen popped up and stated I had not fowarded a contribution/donation to Eqsl to support the service. #I was very surprised the owners were not at all shy asking for money for the service and I guess, it's their venture and they are entitled to it. #But, I looked at some of the donations and was dumbfounded by some of the amounts! #Look at this.
From Eqsl site:
"Our special thanks to A41LZ ($600.00), W6BH ($600.00), HK3JBA ($300.00), K6CEG ($225.00), K6OWL ($220.00), JA3AGZ ($215.00), SP6EKS ($210.00), JA1KSO ($200.00), JD1BHA ($200.00), W7GG ($200.00), and many others... (View entire Donor Honor Roll) #
How You Can Help:
We have always wanted to keep our international eQSL card centre available at no charge and open to any ham. Amateur Radio exists in countries where average annual incomes vary widely. You may be paying more annually just for your Internet connection than the ham in that last QSO on 20m earns in an entire year!
Revenues to support the servers, disk drives, software, software development, and network bandwidth of eQSL.cc comes from a select group of advertisers in the amateur radio market and from voluntary donations by individual amateur radio operators. You can help keep the basic service free of charge for everyone so we only have to charge for special, custom services.
If you are enjoying this service, why not make a small donation of $20 or $25 every year to help defray costs. Top donors are acknowledged in the left-hand column of the home page. Many hams who believe in this new method in QSLing are donating $35, $50, or even $100 to help support us and ensure that we are able to provide a secure eQSL system that everyone can trust and enjoy. And now, PayPal even allows you to make a small donation every month, to help us all year long.
You can now donation on behalf of another user!
Simply change the callsign to the one you wish to donation for, and complete the form, and we will make your donation to that person's account! #
4 Ways To Donate
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Needless to say, I was very surprised at the amounts some hams are giving when it would be much easier to spend $ 50 for 1000 printed cards. #Eqsl seems to be doing a bang up business for something that generally is not accepted as legitimate in the amateur world.
What do you think?
K2WH
Every now and then, I go on the site to erase the EQSL's sent to me by misinformed hams and then delete my registration shortly thereafter. #This time, I cruised around the site to see if anything had changed since the last time (last year) I was on the site to clear out electronic cards. #A screen popped up and stated I had not fowarded a contribution/donation to Eqsl to support the service. #I was very surprised the owners were not at all shy asking for money for the service and I guess, it's their venture and they are entitled to it. #But, I looked at some of the donations and was dumbfounded by some of the amounts! #Look at this.
From Eqsl site:
"Our special thanks to A41LZ ($600.00), W6BH ($600.00), HK3JBA ($300.00), K6CEG ($225.00), K6OWL ($220.00), JA3AGZ ($215.00), SP6EKS ($210.00), JA1KSO ($200.00), JD1BHA ($200.00), W7GG ($200.00), and many others... (View entire Donor Honor Roll) #
How You Can Help:
We have always wanted to keep our international eQSL card centre available at no charge and open to any ham. Amateur Radio exists in countries where average annual incomes vary widely. You may be paying more annually just for your Internet connection than the ham in that last QSO on 20m earns in an entire year!
Revenues to support the servers, disk drives, software, software development, and network bandwidth of eQSL.cc comes from a select group of advertisers in the amateur radio market and from voluntary donations by individual amateur radio operators. You can help keep the basic service free of charge for everyone so we only have to charge for special, custom services.
If you are enjoying this service, why not make a small donation of $20 or $25 every year to help defray costs. Top donors are acknowledged in the left-hand column of the home page. Many hams who believe in this new method in QSLing are donating $35, $50, or even $100 to help support us and ensure that we are able to provide a secure eQSL system that everyone can trust and enjoy. And now, PayPal even allows you to make a small donation every month, to help us all year long.
You can now donation on behalf of another user!
Simply change the callsign to the one you wish to donation for, and complete the form, and we will make your donation to that person's account! #
4 Ways To Donate
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Needless to say, I was very surprised at the amounts some hams are giving when it would be much easier to spend $ 50 for 1000 printed cards. #Eqsl seems to be doing a bang up business for something that generally is not accepted as legitimate in the amateur world.
What do you think?
K2WH