I had a message from a broadcast engineer friend of mine who wanted me to pass along some tidbits. He said he knows reception report/QSL response has probably dropped.

He works with a couple different companies, some big, some smaller... and they have some policies in place. This is what he said:
•• If they get an email with an attachment they are not to reply, not download it and delete the email immediately
•• They are also not to put a thumb drive or CD in a computer they get in the email.

The best thing to do?
If you send an email or a letter, keep it short, direct, to the point and describe what you heard in detail.
If you have audio you feel you must send, ask them if they'd like to hear it and how you can send it and not run afoul of IT security issues

And my 2 cents worth:
•• Some DX'ers letters and emails are way too long.
•• And if you don't get a response right away, my personal suggestion is to wait 2 to 3 months... send a brief follow up.
•• If you still get no response? Drop it. Don't call, don't send an email every week or month till you get an answer. Most of us don't have the time to deal with an interruption to our work flow but those of us who are radio nerds will try to answer when we can. At one station I worked at, it took me YEARS to reply to some after a DX test I did.

I know what some DXers have said they've done and it turned out ok.
That was then, this is now.
I have DX'ed shortwave almost every day for 5 years up here in AK. You know how many QSL's I've written for? I can count on my 2 hands. MY audio recording is enough.

Paul Walker
"The Alaska Radio Nerd"
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