I often send "thank you" emails to stations that give me QSO confirmations
for hard to get states. Thus far no one I've exchanged emails with was
offended or put off. In fact I've established some friendships that way.
I would encourage it. But I only send a thank you email for states that
have been really hard to get, which for me has been North and South Dakota
and a few states in the North East. ;-)

On only one occasion was I involved in an email exchange setting up a FT8
sked and it was mutually beneficial for us both. I personally wouldn't be
the least bit offended if someone requested an FT8 sked with me. I'd be
happy to accommodate. I know others might disagree and that's cool. As
long as one is not breaking any rules or inconveniencing someone else I
wouldn't see the harm in it.

Gene
WB7RLX

-----Original Message-----
From: main@WSJTX.groups.io [mailto:main@WSJTX.groups.io] On Behalf Of
Barry Bogart
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 8:37 AM
To: main@WSJTX.groups.io
Subject: Re: [WSJTX] Please use the JTAlert Messaging feature
#QSO_practices

I was shocked to get a message this way. I didn't know it existed or that
it was enabled. (Later I noticed that Gridtracker seems to have that
capability too, BTW.) I would feel a little strange using it for 'listen to
me!', but I have been tempted to use it to thank someone one in a new state
or country after the contact. That's just me.
VE7VIE