[ADXA] W5 Incoming Bureau

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Many radio societies around the world offer their own operating awards and
require a paper QSL card to confirm the contact. The individual radio
amateur will establish an LoTW account and use it for updating their DXCC
because it is very convenient, especially if they live outside the USA and
have very limited, if any, access to an official card checker.

 

So I would encourage everyone to consider responding to a request with a QSL
card as the request is most likely driven by a desire of the individual to
obtain an award offered by the national radio society in their country that
does not have an LoTW equivalent available.

 

We've all become quite "spoiled" by ARRL's Log Book of the World and almost
instant confirmations with literally no effort and sometimes forget, or
aren't aware, of other awards offered by other radio societies outside the
USA in a radio amateurs' own country.

 

No need to respond with a fancy high gloss photo card. Something simple you
printed yourself works fine and the ARRL Outgoing QSL Service is reasonable,
and free to donors at certain levels. 

 

73 Joel W5ZN

 

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Same happened to me.  As Jay said, Japan decided to send out their bureau
cards. I received about 30 last week.  Same thing, they want a QSL card.
Some of my contacts were 3 or 4 years old.  I too will probably send them a
card, going through the Bureau,  who knows it may take 4 years for them to
get them!  I have a lot of cards I am able to send out.  I think when I made
an order from the guy in Ukraine, I got about 1,000 so I don't mind sending
them.  But I agree, since they do LOTW...... I guess they like having cards.
Who knows?????

  _____  

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I received 2 envelopes from the Bureau today.  All excited, I opened them up
and found about 30 cards from Japan and a few other miscellaneous ones.  

 

Almost all of the JA's wanted a QSL card.  Theirs were self-printed on card
stock, and all were from the same software package.  None had an image of
their station, QTH, landscape or anything of interest on the reverse.  

 

My question is, should I just create a similar card to print out or send
them one of my glossy, high quality cards I normally return?  Either way
paying the Bureau for handling the cards.  Nice QSL Cards are not cheap, at
least the ones I like to send, and definitely like to receive.  I've got
almost 1,200 in my little "tubs" already, all sorted by number and then
suffix, ready to quickly recall if necessary.  

 

I already have Brazil "filtered" in WSJTx as well as a couple of stations
that call me EVERY time they see my callsign.  One Italian station has
worked me 40-50 times.  Previously, he had connected with me on the same
band a couple times a day before I finally "filtered" him.  

 

All of these stations upload to LoTW, so apparently they have some logging
program, but just want to add to their QSO count.  With the filters set, my
CQ's don't respond those guys, so I guess I'll add Japan to the filter as
well.  That way, it's my choice to work them or not.  

 

I did find one QSO to "fix" as I fat-fingered it on SSB and added a
character to his call.  All the other data was a match, except for the name
of course.  Didn't add any points to my Challenge, but at least he's in my
log correct now.  And a couple I didn't work at all.  Matter of fact, I
wasn't even on that band/mode or on during that part of the day at one of
those dates/times.  Nothing to "see" here, move along.

 

Selected cards are in the Bureau envelope, but now it's over the basic limit
and too far below the next level, so I'll do one and wait a while and do the
other.  

 

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73's

George - WB5JJJ
HoIP - 100105

Cell - 479.857.7737

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