Dan/W4NTI wrote:

When I said "without QSL's" I meant this. I don't usually count
contest
QSO's for my dx hunting. So I forgot about all the thousands of
cards I
have here from the bureau over the last many years. So I am sure I
have
enough cards for most, if not all, of the awards offered.

I'm just not much of a paper hunter....except for contest
certificates.

There are all sorts of directions one can opt to go in this game.

I wouldn't ignore a Q with Sprately just because I happened to work him
in the CQ WW or some such. Particularly these days when the expeditions
to rare places go there specifically to operate in the contests. I also
collect paper but for the most part only the really tough ones. A 5BWAZ
is about as tough as they come and I'm not even close. Ya got an 80M
Zone 23 card in your stacks?

Dan/W4NTI

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