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Subject: thoughts
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 07:58:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  6 07:58:47 1985
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>>By all means, if you work Tony -T77C, do include a greenstamp.  I
>>believe that his QSL's are the sole source of income for the
>>entire island.
 
>Since  when  has  Amateur  Radio  become  a  "source  of  income"?!  I  can
>understand  helping a much desired DX station  with postage by including an
>IRC (International  Reply Coupon), but sending US$ to subsidize  somebody's
>income is both against the  principles of amateur radio and in violation of
>the law.  Amateur Radio is a hobby.  Let's not turn it into a business!

Come on, lighten up here. That is an overly harsh and needless reply.
Nobody is talking about business or subsidies. I really doubt anyone 
dxer can make any amount of money, even in an undeveloped 
country, using such an approach. 

To carry things to a logical extreme I should not send a qsl card 
because a dxer may be receiving compensation for a speech in which my 
qsl card was displayed. The ARRL should not have sponsered the Giveaways 
of radio kits to undeveloped countries a few years ago because that also 
is subsidizing or competing against businesses trying to sell into that 
market. And worse, I may have helped train a radio operator for a
country that is or may have turned communist. 

Let's use common sense and leave the knee jerk reactions by the side of 
the road.

Denny
ka1bqz