[Dx-qsl] Free Buro's

[Kenji Rikitake JJ1BDX]

In the message <200409291441.AA1694040342 at ku9c.com>
dated Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 02:40:54PM -0400,
Steven Wheatley KU9C <ku9c at ku9c.com> writes:
> I think the big issue here is outgoing QSL cards.   Now, does anyone get their INCOMING cards free, excluding the folks that donate time and energy to sort cards for the various US and DX bureaus as part of what makes the system work?

(I define the word "free" for a non-metering service, that is, the
service which you don't have to pay for each QSL card you receive/send.)

JARL members automatically subscribe the non-metering incoming QSL
service for their primary callsigns, and can subscribe additional
non-metering service for other callsigns by paying JPY3600/yr.

Note that JARL QSL bureau staff are *not* volunteers, literally
outsourced from the Tokyo HQ to a Shimane company, with their own paid
staff.  (Shimane is a small-population area in JA4 district BTW, and
that contributes to reduce the overall cost.)  So most of JA hams
consider the QSL bureau is a subscription-based service *without
metering* the quota of the QSL cards.

// Kenji Rikitake, JJ1BDX(/3)