Electronic QSL Cards
The following is excerpted
from "Into the 21st Century"
featured in the September 2000 QST
"You'll come home from your seven-hour work day and find DX QSO's listed on your computer," according to Doug McGarrett. He also thinks the QSL cards will be simultaneously printed on your printer, but that seems doubtful. Rather, the computer will already have sent and received confirmation by electronic mail, updated your personal WAS, VUCC and DXCC lists and informed ARRL of your increments toward the standard array of operating awards.
Pat Rose (W5OZI) envisions an entirely computer-operated station.... "If the operator does not answer within 15 seconds, the home station will automatically work the DX station, log it appropriately and prepare the QSL for mailing." Pat recognizes that mailing may be outmoded so in that case, the computer will happly send the confirmation by e-mail. "It is possible that by the time the operator returns home, the QSL will have been received." presumably sent by an automated e-mail QSL service on the DX end.
-Emil Pocock, W3EP
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