[Dx-qsl] Bureau works well again! QSLs received today and questions.

[Randy Becnel]

Glad to see your comments Wendell! I would like to take this opportunity
to point out that the W5 Incoming bureau has on-line status checking for
22 of the 26 letter suffixes. We were the FIRST bureau to do this and
still the only one with so many of our sorters on-line. Our web page is
http://www.mdxa.org/buro.html

On your comments concerning managers. We also work VERY HARD with managers
to get them to accept bureau cards. We even went so far as to volunteer
our time to a QSL manager who simply did not have the resources to answer
the volume of bureau cards his station received rather than have these
cards go unanswered. 

Sorry, just could not pass up the opportunity to brag a little on what I
feel is the best Incoming bureau in the world.

73, Randy - W5UE


On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Wendell Wyly W5FL wrote:

> QSLs received via the buro today:
> 
> SP9W for March 2002 10 meter QSO
> OE8PPK for a 17 Jan 2002 12 mtr QSO
> OE2s for a 16 Dec 2001 10 mtr QSO
> SP6NIC for 15 Dec 2001 10 mtr QSO
> DF9YC for 15 Dec 2001 10 mtr QSO
> DL4PY for 15 Dec 2001 10 meter QSO
> SP3SLO for 15 Dec 2001 10 meter QSO
> TS7N for Nov 2000 10,12,17,30,40,80 mtr QSO
> KL7/DL1YMK 15 mtr qso NA040 June 2000 QSO
> OJ0AU via DL6AU 17 mtr QSO  (36 months roundtrip)
> 9Y4TBG via DL4MEH 40 mtr qso (24 months roundtrip)
> 
> Once again the buro system continues to amaze me after 47 years of using it
> as primary path for QSL cards.  Notice that most of the cards were from 3 to
> 6 months from QSO and into my mailbox!
> 
> For QSL's sent DIRECT, I have 375 QSO's still NOT CONFIRMED although sent at
> the very high cost of nearly $2 per letter!  Many of the Direct QSL's were
> sent longer ago than it took for most of the  bureau cards listed above.
> 
> One US QSL manager even stated that the ARRL would not forward qsls from US
> hams to him via the buro (WRONG!), and I had ARRL confirm that they forward
> qsls to all US QSL managers unless they specifically state that they DO NOT
> WANT the cards. Even had several direct cards returned recently with the
> reason "He was not QSL manager for his Wife"
> 
> I really do not understand why there continues to be a growing number of QSL
> managers that either do not fool with bureau cards or send them out very
> infrequently or will not take cards with SASE (or return postage) from Les
> (WF5E QSL Service).  IMHO this is a very bad trend for amateur radio and
> certainly for those that have fixed incomes.
> 
> I can certainly understand that QSL managers cannot afford to operate at a
> loss and I do not expect them to do so for my benefit, but it would be less
> expensive if everyone used the bureaus more (and got 6 months rountrip) and
> made some contributions with the direct qsls (that are needed quickly) to
> offset the expenses to the qsl managers.
> 
> 
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