[Dx-qsl] FW: [DX-CHAT] QSLing methods agn

[Jim Sherwood]

> [Original Message]
> From: Charles Harpole <k4vud at hotmail.com>
> To: <dx-chat at njdxa.org>
> Date: 2/15/2007 2:42:37 AM
> Subject: [DX-CHAT] QSLing methods agn
>
> In the dead horse beating catagory, here I go:
>
> Why take the time to fill out a qsl, put in some cash or whatever, pay to 
> mail it AND THEN INCLUDE A RETURN ENVELOP WITH BADLY WRITTEN RETURN
ADDRESS 
> on it ?????????????
>
> You are likely to have your own address for some time, maybe years even.  
> Just invest in a clearly printed label set or rubber stamp.  Many times
the 
> postal employees are reading your words in what is to them a VERY foreign 
> language.
>
> And, for the last time:  PUT YOUR HOME ADDRESS COUNTRY name on ur return 
> envelop!!!!
>
> Joe the master QSL mgr must have the patience of a real saint not to 
> complain of these and the many other QSLing ills.... like mailing a wet
gum 
> envelop to a wet country, etc etc....
>
> I know u know, but pse send this msg to ur ham friends:
>
> HOW TO QSL TO DX:
>
> Your card--- Your call sign on the same side of card as the info. 
Include 
> date and time of QSO CLEARLY. Clearly mark the day and the date-- is 
> 02-06-05 June 2 or Feb 6????.   No funny call sign lettering.  Keep the 
> "via" call separate from the target call sign. (JAs:  could u just print 
> horizontal not vertically????)
>
> Your return envelop--  best is a little larger than a post card.  Has ur 
> complete return adr on it with country name spelled out in full in
English.  
> Use kind of envelop that has the pull-off strip that covers the glue.  Do 
> not fold it, but if you must fold it, do not fold it exactly in the
middle.  
> Turn the flap backwards and open.  Do not put anything inside your return 
> envelop.  Do not mark it for air mail nor anything else--just put ur 
> address.  Write your call letters on the inside of the flap.  Be sure
that 
> when the outer envelop is torn open that the return envelop is so small
that 
> it will miss the tearing action.
>
> Your outside mailing envelop----  Print clearly.  Do not seal the flap
nor 
> the edges so securely that it takes a can opener to get the envelop open.

> Believe me, your little sealing and taping job deters NO ONE except the
ham 
> who gets ur mailing.  Leave a little slack in the seal to allow insertion
of 
> letter opener or thumb.
>
> Inside your outer mailing envelop----  Include your QSL, not attached to 
> anything.  Your SAE not attached to anything.  Money, not folded and not 
> attached to anything.  Covering money with other paper or whatever DOES 
> NOTHING to deter theft--postal thieves are not that stupid, they just
tear 
> everything open, steal the cash and throw the rest away (do u think they 
> take time to stop and  "candle" ur envelop?).
>
> Extra tips--- If you just must send an SAE with exposed glue/gum, place
the 
> glue strip against the dollar bill which resists sticking better than ur 
> card, and fold the exposed glue backwards so that it can not be
accidently 
> glued shut upon arrival (Do u know the humidity level in Thailand?).
> --- Use international reply ENVELOP rather than IRCs.  I save IRCs only
to 
> send out again like a Christmas fruitcake that does the rounds--they are 
> much more trouble than worth EVERYWHERE in the world.  For me, and IRC is
a 
> nice but empty gesture.
> --- Do not send foreign cash to the countries where it is illegal for the 
> receiver to have it.
> --- Do not send anything except USA cash anywhere unless you are sending 
> local cash to that country--OK example is Franc to France.  Otherwise,
Small 
> value Francs in Thailand, for example, are very difficult to change to
Baht 
> (the exchange fee is greater than the face value of the Franc--for
example).
> ---Do not send your domestic postage stamps on an SASE to another country 
> where they are worthless to THEIR postal systems.
>
> Overall:  In ur imagination, go through the steps it takes to handle and 
> answer your QSL request.  See if you like it.
>
> Meanwhile, I really enjoy TOUCHING and looking at and savoring later real 
> paper QSLs.  Real fun, no kidding.  73,
>
> Charles Harpole, HS0ZCW
> k4vud at hotmail.com
>
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