[Dx-qsl] An Appeal

[Jay Smith]

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    Hello Fellow DX'ers,

    As a sorter for the W5 QSL Bureau I would like to make an appeal to =
you guys and maybe your friends since I know not everyone comes here. I =
am the letter "I" sorter for the W5  Incoming QSL Bureau and have been =
just a few months now. When I took over this letter I was appalled at =
how many good DX cards that are unclaimed in my files. man there are =
some goodies too, some that I was surprised to see come via the Bureau =
to be honest. I would like to appeal to all you guys to keep up with =
your stuff at the Bureau. A Quick online look once in a while,=20
http://www.okdxa.org/buro/ for the W5 Bureau, could cause the system to =
flow a little better than it does I am sure. I'm not saying the QSL =
Bureau is bad, not for a second, in fact I sent out about 800 cards or =
so this week for the one letter, but I'd would LOVE to see everyone who =
has a card coming get it! I have a backlog of perhaps a thousand cards, =
I am not sure how many, but some of these folks have been contacted over =
and over and what to do with their cards and many if not most have not =
answered. Just this week I emailed several and several returned their =
answers and are sending envelopes to get these cards. To me these are =
like "trophies", some come easy and some can be very hard and a long =
time process to get them. Please guys, if you have not looked at the QSL =
Bureau web page in a while, take a look and claim what is yours. If you =
are low on envelopes with the Bureau, send a few in and use the =
directions on the Bureau page for your area. We prefer 6 X 9 envelopes =
with one unit of postage. If there is postage due (if you have many =
cards) you can pay the extra when you receive the package. This way, no =
one sends too much and no one in reality sends too little. If you send =
the right sized envelope by the way, it is not so likely to get lost in =
the files (some have sent regular business sized envelopes and they can =
get misplaced. I have some fellows who have 50 or more cards waiting and =
no envelopes. Some I have mailed requests to and some I have emailed =
with the information and have hit dry holes both ways. We take no =
pleasure in holding or storing these great cards. Our pleasure is in =
seeing that they are delivered. Please tell your ham friends about this =
too and try to stir them up to send in their envelopes if they do not =
have any at the Bureau. It would be MUCH appreciated. Best of 73, Jay =
W5DN (Letter "I" sorter for the W5 Incoming QSL Bureau)

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