I agree with you. I am also an older ham but I never got around to sending out qsl cards as I started hf contests only recently. I can't even get Lotw to work properly. When I receive a qsl card by the bureau I am shocked and surprised. I'm going to print cards and then send them by the bureau especially since the price of postage just increased 25% in canada.

As for the SO-50 event I did not participate but I did do the recent ISS SSTV event on the last day and submitted my 11 pictures only to be told it was too late for the special certificate. I had to stay up all night to capture multiple images with my simple setup. In the end only 3 images were posted to the new gallery  and two were duplicates.  I guess the other 8 were of no value. However the most important lesson for me was that from my qth in fn35cl I could copy the ISS over the Atlantic Ocean. Next I will try Packet and see if the same is true. 

Hopefully for future events clear deadlines will be posted as well to encourage participation  like the ARRL and CQ as well as others contests. Otherwise participation may decrease as well as signal reports which are prized reports for satellite operators.

73 de VE2LJV Samuel Galet 



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-------- Original message --------
From: Bill Booth via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]>
Date: 2025-01-13 8:25 a.m. (GMT-05:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: SO-50 22nd Anniversary Event?

On 13/01/2025 2:14 a.m., Andy Brian via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> not even any special QSL
I find this normal these days and believe it depends on who is in charge of the
event.  If it is an older ham then cards and certificates are in the mail.  At the
other end of the scale that group is not into cards etc.  Younger hams have the 4K
likes/followers attitude while the older groups like the cards etc as physical
prof of contact made.  I find the same problem now in chasing HF DX as no cards
are ever sent but you are told check LOTW.

Yes I am at the older edge of the hobby and still send cards to those special/most
contacts and events.  When I get a card in the mail I take some time and enjoy the
card and reflect on the contact before it goes on the wall.  I guess I am just old
fashioned ......

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