[Dx-qsl] RE: N7DC QSL MGR INFO

[Phil Whitchurch]

>
>That being said, there is a group of folks that QSL EVERY QSO, particularly if 
>they have access to a FREE outgoing bureau.  I think I understand why a contest 
>station would do that, to 'pre-empt' the incoming bureau requests
>
These guys make me cross, particularly when you consider the number of
unclaimed cards sent via the bureau.  All they do is clog up the system
to the detriment of the rest of us.

>My policy is very simple in this matter:
>
>-If you have been issued a QSL from any method of delivery, I do NOT issue a 
>bureau card.  In other words, if the QSO has been printed before, the bureau 
>card gets no response.

My policy is exactly the same.
>
>Otherwise, it does get a response.  However, I do my bureau cards basically once 
>a year.  I then bulk mail them, along with other high volume QSL managers and 
>Contesters, to save on the cost of doing bureau mailings.  Like it or not, this 
>can mean that it may take possibly 2 years to get your QSL back, depending on 
>the speed of the bureau system in your country.
>
I only send to the bureau in bulk at the most twice a year at roughly
six monthly intervals

>I would rather think a person is 'cheap' if they send me a color QSL card of 
>their dx station, showing several thousand dollars in equipment, requesting 14 
>band/mode combinations for a dxpedition to a rare place simply sending a SASE, 
>then I would from a bureau request....
>
What boggles my mind is how much postage a single IRC will buy,
particularly when sent with a request for 12 or 14 QSOs with a major
expedition such as D68C.

73


Phil Whitchurch
G3SWH

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