[Dx-qsl] KU9C

Tue May 28 19:30:00 2002

Ernes, let me try to help you understand how this might work.

Here is the worst case.

You work a station managed by KU9C.  You send the card IMMEDIATELY the next
day to the bureau.

Lets assume the bureau Mails to the USA once a month.  So, one month later
your card comes to the US...probably via surface.

1-2 months later it arrives at the US bureau.  Lets assume 2 months.

typically it is sorted at least twice ....all by volunteers...who have other
things to do.  Lets assume the first sort takes a month (a guy picks it up
at a meeting, sorts it, returns to the next meeting for the next guy.)

Lets see....we're probably up to 5-6 months already.

My bureau guy, in an attempt to save me money, sends my cards in BIG
boxes...and NOT each month.  I pay for bureau costs out of the donations
received, so I try to minimize this expense.  There is a good chance I'll
get your card maybe 7-9 months after you send it.  in the Worst case.

Now, the delay starts in a big way.  I am usually at least 6 months to a
year behind in bureau mailings.  Lets take the worst case.....a year...

And then, again to save money, I bulk my cards with other managers, and mail
back to Mario at the I bureau.  Surface mail.  That takes at least 2
months....

We're closing in on 2 years right there.

I'm not sure how many bureau cards you handle, but I get my cards in 10-30
pound boxes, roughly.  And, I get a lot of cards from guys that have already
gotten the card via direct, or via another QSO (how many BQ9P 10 meter Q's
does a guy really need confirmed anyway)???!!!

The majority of this delay is of my own doing, not the QSL bureau.  However,
consider that you WILL EVENTUALLY get a bureau card....from KU9C.....it's
just not going to get the same attention as a direct mailing to me.

(Just a side note, the I bureau is special in that it often mails the
packages direct to me which speeds the process  incredibly...the I amateurs
are indeed lucky for this service)

73
Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ermenegildo Calderoni" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 6:02 PM
Subject: R: [Dx-qsl] KU9C

> A turnround of two or three years is not a good job for a QSLs bureau !
> I'm used qsl'ing a lot of my cards via a well running bureaus :Europe,
> Japan, South America, Canada and other and.......when I send my QSL cards
> I (really) need the card.
> Sry fer my not good English language!
> gl de   Ermes      IK4FNF
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> A: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Data: sabato 25 maggio 2002 19.55
> Oggetto: [Dx-qsl] KU9C
>
>
> >
> >       After reading the posting from Steve KU9C I think a note of
> >       appreciation is - again - due to him for the tremendous amount of
> >       work that he does on our behalf.
> >
> >       I love QSL-ing, but I couldn't do it, and neither could you.
> >
> >       Incidentally, with a turnround of two to three years, if you send
> >       a card for PW0T or YA5T via the bureau, do you really want a
> >       card?
> >
> >       73
> >       Tony G4UZN
> >Please help QSL.NET . Send your donation now.
> >
> >If you have already donated, thanks !
>
> Please help QSL.NET . Send your donation now.
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> If you have already donated, thanks !
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