[Dx-qsl] Incoming QSL Buro

[ak0a]

Well, we here in Zero land cant be out done by Niner's, a few month ago we
got cards from JAPAN of all places dating back to 1982.
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From: <RHibnick@aol.com>
To: <dx-qsl@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 7:33 AM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] Incoming QSL Buro


> If QSL Bureau workers get paid then someone owes me 10 years' worth of
back
> wages!  And there are guys in my club (NIDXA / the W9 Buro) who have been
> volunteering much longer than I have.  Like all volunteer jobs, this one
> usually ends up costing money.
> Since I'm up on the soapbox, a few observations:
> Cards take a very long time to come via the bureau.  Expect years, not
> months.  Last month I received some cards with QSO dates in 1992!  Not
> typical, but not that unusual.
> If you have changed call signs, make sure you keep envelopes on file for
both
> calls for many years.  We don't get notified and we don't have e.s.p....a
> callsign change requires new envelopes at the bureau.  Ditto if you have
> moved.
> The demise of the "Box 88" USSR bureau and the central YU bureau has
reduced
> the overall volume of cards thru the system.  Cards from these countries
do
> arrive, but not as regularly and not as many, especially the former Soviet
> Republics.  This is from my limited observations, other bureau workers may
> have a different view.
> As for the W9 bureau, we have a web site that describes our operation and
> lists the volunteers responsible for sorting the individual letters
> (including e-mail addresses).  The url is:  http://www.qsl.net/w9bureau/.
> Just my $.02 worth.
> Ray, WA9YYY
>
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