[Dx-qsl] Incoming Bueau

[Tom Johnson]

Let's look back a few years to when a guy in Melbourne Fla had the W4 bureau
in the late 60s, the whole thing, not just a letter.

Everybody went almost 6 years without any cards. Guys in the Melbourne area
said that they would go over to help him, and he would peep out the window
but not open the door. Neighbors also resported that they would often see a
mailbag full of stuff delivered, and several days later, they would see it
taken it out to the incinerator in the backyard.

There finally was almost an insurrection in the 4th district and when the
league finally took it from him, the Stirling Park club reported that they
got over 300,000 cards. I alone got hundreds of cards, some of them over 9
years old.

What really miffed me was that our complaints to the league went unheeded
for years with numerous excuses out of Newington, and when they finally let
him go, there was an entire column in QST praising the guy for the fine job
he had done. I think there was a certificate too.

I know that the 1967 Andamans operation QSLed via the
buro because I know several who got them. I guess my card is in that
incinerator. To be honest, I am bitter.

Sometimes it is best to be wary of your bureau. The Mecklenberg ARC guys do
a good job, but the T processer has been a bit slow the past few years, but
I know I"m eventually gonna get my stuff. No real problem there.

Everybody have a happy new year.

Tom

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