[Dx-qsl] QSL turn-around expectations

[Steven Wheatley KU9C]

First, let me say tht the author of the statistics, Rod, is an excellent QSLer...I've seen many of his envelopes.  And thus, his statistics, as I also know he is quite active, probably are worth reading a few times.

I would however, caution, again, that it really depends on how you send the manager the card.  If you include a large number of calls for a card to me, at least, given I handle several active stations....can result in a substantial delay.  I mailed one this week that has been in my QTH nearly 1.5 years.

Yes, this could be considered a 'bureau' response.  But the envelope had 8 calls in it.....two requiring paper log searches from QSOs from 5 plus years ago.  Two points of note:

-it's still faster than the bureau...had those cards come via the bureau, I can guarantee they would taken much longer than 1.5 years.

-had there been 2 sases, or 8 sases, the response would have been much faster.....  Even 2 cuts the processing time in 1/2 roughly.

Also, in this case, there was a BQ9P and BS7H (both new countries as best I could tell) along with a 8P and a WP2 request....my guess is that these were not new, and in fact, the WP2 had been confirmed for the same band/mode earlier.

Moral of the story...If you want to shoot yourself in the foot...don't blame the QSL manager for the pain you bring on yourself.

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