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Title: XV1X QSL?
Post by: K2DFC on April 28, 2022, 08:40:58 AM
Anyone receive a QSL from XV1X using the PayPal method listed on his QRZ page?

K2DFC
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: K5PS on April 28, 2022, 08:51:37 AM
I've done it successfully three times, and a friend of mine another 2 times.

Response times vary. During the height of COVID mail slowdowns one request of mine took over 4 months.
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: K2DFC on April 28, 2022, 09:50:43 AM
Thanks Scott for the info.
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: W7ZJ on April 28, 2022, 09:56:03 AM
Also received several QSLs using his PayPal option, even with Covid delays the longest wait was around 5 weeks. He is one of the good guys..
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: AI4MS on April 29, 2022, 05:07:37 AM
I got a note from him a few weeks ago saying the next qsl mailing would be at the end of May.
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: K2DFC on April 29, 2022, 06:11:49 AM
Thanks guys. I put in my request. This is an ATNO for me after 55 years of operation.
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: K5PS on April 29, 2022, 08:56:38 AM
Thanks guys. I put in my request. This is an ATNO for me after 55 years of operation.

Congratulations on your ATNO.

He's very active on the bands, so odds are good you'll run into him again. I've had the pleasure of working him on 80, 60, 40, 30, and 17m.
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: G0HVQ on April 29, 2022, 11:56:59 AM
Yes, I'm not that bothered about HF QSO cards but I was particularly keen to get a card for our 6m QSO as it's the furthest I've worked on multi-hop Es from G: 10,121km / 6288 miles. Took a while to arrive but got here  ;D

He used to do LotW until his eyesight deteriorated.
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: KD8MJR on March 19, 2023, 07:56:47 PM
Well I sent him the Paypal and info for several contacts.  I hope that his XYL is keeping this going. 
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: WO7R on March 19, 2023, 10:32:53 PM
XV1X is not the fastest turnaround, but has been. . .reliable.
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: K5GS on March 20, 2023, 04:16:09 AM
XV1X is not the fastest turnaround, but has been. . .reliable.

In the past year, or so,  I worked him 2 times and received QSLs both times.
If I recall correctly, Eddie's wife handles the QSL cards for him, and the mail service is slow.

But as mentioned, reliable.

Cheers,
GS
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: W2IRT on March 20, 2023, 09:43:46 AM
XV1X is not the fastest turnaround, but has been. . .reliable.
In the past year, or so,  I worked him 2 times and received QSLs both times.
If I recall correctly, Eddie's wife handles the QSL cards for him, and the mail service is slow.
But as mentioned, reliable.
Same experience here. Snail-mail only, and you can pay via PayPal so no worrying about your envelope with green stamps disappearing into a black hole. When I was a Padawan DXer there was a saying that in those pre-cluster and pre-LoTW days hit the nail on the head: DX teaches you two things—geography and patience. Nowadays, if I'm lucky, I can see a needed spot or hear an alarm, double-click an FT8 CQ and have the QSO confirmed from Indonesia or Moldova within two minutes. Patience indeed. :)
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: KD6KVL on March 20, 2023, 09:56:35 AM
In the olden days.......working the rare expedition with a crummy signal and not getting an "insurance qso"; waiting months for a card, or sometimes "not in log"....The kids have it easy these days!
Clublog and LOTW have done wonders for keeping the excitement. 
Frank KG6N
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: KB2FCV on March 20, 2023, 01:57:01 PM
I worked Eddie a couple of weeks ago for an ATNO (#321, yay!! Been chasing Vietnam for years) and I have used his paypal option. I got an email from him thanking me for the paypal request so I imagine at some point it'll get here and will be reaching out to a card checker!  8)
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: KD6KVL on March 20, 2023, 02:43:45 PM
Congrats on the ATNO!
Frank KG6N
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: W2IRT on March 20, 2023, 02:56:14 PM
I worked Eddie a couple of weeks ago for an ATNO (#321, yay!! Been chasing Vietnam for years) and I have used his paypal option. I got an email from him thanking me for the paypal request so I imagine at some point it'll get here and will be reaching out to a card checker!  8)
You know where to find me. And if not sooner, I'll be doing BARA in May.
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: KD8MJR on March 20, 2023, 04:16:11 PM
I worked Eddie a couple of weeks ago for an ATNO (#321, yay!! Been chasing Vietnam for years) and I have used his paypal option. I got an email from him thanking me for the paypal request so I imagine at some point it'll get here and will be reaching out to a card checker!  8)
Thanks everyone for the replies.
I did not need it for ATNO but the other thread about the Lotw confirmation "only" talk got me looking to see if there was any cards from an entity that I worked that I did not have.  Turns out I found about 3 of them including Vietnam.  Eddy seemed to have the easiest system for getting a card.
Wish I had him on SSB and not just CW but from reading his website that does not seem possible.
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: KD8MJR on March 24, 2023, 01:21:03 PM
It's been 4 days and I already got an email from Eddy's XYL saying that the card has been sent and I should get it in a month.  It seems like they are on top of things.

73s
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: W2IRT on March 24, 2023, 03:22:05 PM
I received a similar email this morning, for a 40m QSO. What a nice courtesy!
Title: Re: XV1X QSL?
Post by: KD8MJR on March 24, 2023, 05:02:10 PM
Yes it is a very nice touch.