[Dx-qsl] VR2BG

[E F Todd Benson]

fine op
fine QSLer
fine human

the hoots to all who say otherwise!

73,

Todd, W9YK
Elmhurst, Illinois USA


At 10:56 PM 3/25/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>An update from VR2BG himself, seeing how you lot have been talking about me
>again!  ;^)
>
>Last week saw what should be the last of the weekly travel for work that 
>has had
>me away from home almost every week for the past two years.
>
>The place I used to work, the department I worked in & many of my 
>colleagues in
>that department are no more, or in other words, I guess I'm lucky to still be
>gainfully employed.
>
>My office is now a short ferry ride from the GPO, which means much more 
>frequent
>clearing of my CBA.  Speaking of POB 12727, HK Post didn't ask me to pay the
>renewal this year & when I asked about it, they said they "closed" the 
>box.  Last
>year, they sent me a renewal notice, but being away I could not pay in 
>time, so
>they really closed it (meaning mail sent to it was returned to sender).  I 
>think this
>time no mail was rejected, but if anyone has experienced this, it's safe 
>to send it
>again.
>
>A word about registered mail: please don't send things to me registered, 
>as under
>UPU rules it must be returned after 14 days if unclaimed & even under my 
>current
>situation, I may not always be able to collect it in time.  If you are 
>concerned about
>things going on walkabout, contact me first.  The HK Post may cock up box
>renewals sometimes, but they do a bloody good job of getting mail to me if it
>manages to be put on a plane to HK - but they won't bend UPU regulations.
>
>The change at work forced a move of QTH in December, which was a nightmare as
>I had been in the previous house for something like seven years.  I have 
>not been
>able to unpack much of anything & now that I'm home for a while, finding 
>the box
>the removal company packed all the cards which were ready to process at 
>the old
>flat is a top priority (this has been mentioned to the YL so she can nag 
>me about it).
>
>Once found, I will blow through the queue rather quickly.
>
>I also have a new printer, which hopefully will allow me to turn loose the 
>bureau card
>batch routines in my homebrew logging program.  I've migrated from labels 
>to printing
>directly on the cards, but paper feeding problems have forced manually 
>feeding cards
>one at a time, so the bureau batches have been waiting for a solution to 
>this problem.
>
>As I think I've mentioned here before & I must thank the folks who 
>recently weighed
>in with their positive comments, getting folks their cards is important at 
>VR2BG.  I
>will go to great lengths to figure out why I can't when I can't find you 
>in my log when
>I reply to a card, as well as trying to address grumbles in public, 
>provided they aren't
>too nasty.  If you have any concern about QSLs from me, please contact me
>directly - I'll try to see you right.
>
>I apologize with the delay & hope folks can hang in there a bit 
>longer.  As always,
>all contacts in the log when I reply are confirmed & your contact - 
>especially in
>contests - is greatly appreciated.
>
>I gladly accept requests for more than one of my calls from more than one 
>station in
>one envelope.  An SAE & something to cover return postage is appreciated - 
>I can
>get quite a few of my cards out under 10g, provided your SAE isn't too heavy.
>
>73, VR2BrettGraham (VS6UP, VS9*BG, VR9*BG, VR2BG, 9M6BG & XX9TDM)
>POB 12727, HONG KONG
>
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