So well stated and I totally agree Joel with your conversation with Roger. Especially if members are NOT getting a discount on Pay Pal or the OQRS route because the 3Y0 team needs more post trip $$ donations due to so few QSOs, and a lot less individual $ donations will be coming through via those who did NOT work 3Y0J at all ... 🤢

   Gosh, what about the PRE trip big donations like the ADXA gave? Most DXers were expecting that direct OQRS donations would  be less than might be expected now. IIWII and glad I did not work them and did not need Bouvet except on 21mc, any mode.

   DXpeditioners take chances on weird and strange situations that can happen on a trip. Be thankful so much pre- trip donations were made by many clubs like ours. Just don’t penalize individual DXers who were part of their club’s  pre-trip donation that lessened the 3Y0J’s operators initial investment! The majority will agree with Joel and Roger I am sure. 👍

73

San YY

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Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 11:10 AM
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Subject: [ADXA] The Cost of a QSL

I don't want to start a big discussion or a complaint thread with this, but the cost of a QSL is a valid topic now that we are actually seeing a high cost for such. It appears 3Y0J is $15 (despite having raised almost $1M) for basically a failed effort and Crozet is $10.

The question at hand is, if ADXA donates $1,000 to a DXpedition (or any donation amount!) should our members receive the same "discount" for a QSL as an individual who contributed and receives if the DXpedition is offering one.

Roger, N5QS, and I had this discussion some time ago, before COVID, then it sort of fell into the noise since there weren't any DXpeditions during that time. It is a valid point now and also a question of whether we should make our donation contingent on our members receiving a discounted QSL cost. I'm not sure how to make that happen, the logistics involved, or even if it is possible.

We'll do some investigation into this and find out what other DX clubs are doing.

73 Joel W5ZN