[Dx-qsl] YW6X - answers from Scott w4so

[Alan Zack]

Yes Rex,

You have to be one of the best QSL Mgrs to work with. Many of your clients are on OQRS or if I send a card to you direct I get the return very quickly.
DM4TI has provided QSL services for nine previous DXpeditions by YV hams and has ClubLog look-ups on his QRZ.COM site. I have used him for other YV ops. However, one has to assume the YW6X group has not requested his help or provided any logs, etc.

Just by a coincidence I just picked up my mail and received a QSL from another YV station. It is a tri-folded card from YW5RYL, an all YL, IOTA DXpedition to SA-035 in September 2014. I sent my QSL to YV5AJ, Radio Club Venezolano NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, as per the instructions on their QRZ.COM page on 19/10/2014 via direct mail and received their card today via direct mail in my SAE. So it is possible for mail to go to/from Venezuela. Thanks to the YV5AJ hams. But use of a manager or OQRS would be a very good solution to YW6X QSL problems.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rex Turvin [mailto:turvin2009 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 5:52 PM
To: Alan Zack
Cc: Andy - DO1DXX; <HQ at rsgb.org.uk>; <homerochique at hotmail.com>; <yv5lmw at gmail.com>; <dm4ti at t-online.de>; <yv5arv at gmail.com>; <yv5eed at gdxc.org>; <gdxcaracas at gmail.com>; <w4so at aol.com>; dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] YW6X - answers from Scott w4so

Alan
What I don't understand is why they don't use a good QSL manager. Then all they would have to do is send the manager their logs in ADIF and he could take care of everything else. No need for cards to be hand carried to them. The QSL manager can handle card printing, OQRS, direct and bureau card processing. 
Just my 2 cents for what it's worth.
73 NR6M
Rex 

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 On Sep 11, 2015, at 5:37 PM, Alan Zack <k7acz at cox.net> wrote:
 
 Just my 2 cents worth but this is a large group of smart experienced Hams that have built a DXpedition Group. From the info on the QRZ.COM page, they are well organized and know how to work with their Navy for special consideration and travel for their DXpeditions. Without a system to exchange QSL cards, they are missing out on donations for their trips. I would hope one of their members would be able to work with ClubLog and set up an OQRS QSL system. That way they would not have to worry about receiving QSL's by surface mail to a mail drop then hand carrying them to YV, then mailing them from VY. They could have a ClubLog OQRS page, and be paid via PayPal. No lost mail, no lost GS USD, IRC, etc from poor mail service. They could set up a payment request they thought would be fair, such as $3 or so. I always add a dollar or two to the DX requested amount as a donation as my thanks for all their work putting the IOTA on the air.
 
 There are several well known YB hams who very often activate a new IOTA. Years ago, they used surface mail and many incoming QSL's never reached their destination. There were even problems with mail from YB getting back to the DX locations who requested the cards. Then they started using OQRS. They are very good with OQRS. They have an OQRS page for each IOTA they operate. QSL is now smooth and quick. OQRS makes it very easy to request QSL's and be paid safely via PayPal. If you are a ClubLog user, you can just upload your log as an ADIF file into ClubLog then when you look up a DX you have worked your date/time will automatically be filled in. Every time I update my LoTW contacts from my DX4WIN log I also upload the very same ADIF file to ClubLog (and my QRZ.COM log).
 
 Just a suggestion to make things more effective. We have been waiting over a year and there has not even been a start to the QSL process. From what the email from W4SO suggests there is a pile of unanswered QSL requests stacked up at his QTH waiting for a live person to hand carry them to YV. Why not use OQRS?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DX-QSL [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andy 
> - DO1DXX via DX-QSL
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 6:45 AM
> To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net; HQ at rsgb.org.uk; homerochique at hotmail.com; 
> yv5lmw at gmail.com; dm4ti at t-online.de; yv5arv at gmail.com; 
> yv5eed at gdxc.org; gdxcaracas at gmail.com; w4so at aol.com
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] WX6X - answers from Scott w4so
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> Hi all,
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> received 2 answers from Scott (read below) - that explains it all. So nothing is lost!
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> Tnx for the info and update, Scott. Highly appreciated!
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> vy 73, Andy - DO1DXX
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> problem is travel from yv land . they can not get dollars to travel and even very hard to find on the black market   
> it is due to the political situation   
> you can try a card to the qrz.com address of     yv5eed at gmail.com   
> scott
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> -----Ursprüngliche Mitteilung-----
> Von: w4so <w4so at aol.com>
> An: do1dxx <do1dxx at aol.com>
> Verschickt: Fr, 11 Sept 2015 2:25 pm
> Betreff: Re: QSL question
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> andy   
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> your card is here at my qth . there has not been any human mule to carry the cards to yv in over a hear   
> I have several hundred cards to get the manager to be answered   
> I have many emails for ops requesting status and it is the same answer 
> to all . as soon as the manager
> advises me of someone traveling to Miami I will get them the cards   
> Scott W4so
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> -----Original Message-----   
> From: Andy - DO1DXX <do1dxx at aol.com>   
> To: w4so <w4so at aol.com>   
> Sent: Fri, Aug 28, 2015 2:41 pm   
> Subject: QSL question   
> 
    Hello dear Scott,       

> I was able to work YW6X on 8th Nov 2014 on 15m and 10m SSB as a new IOTA (SA-090)       
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> I send my QSL request with 2 US Dollars to your QRZ.com address and nothing received       
> here so far.       
> Did you get my letter and are the QSLs have been send out yet?       
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> Piritu Island SA-090 would be a new IOTA for me. Would be appreciated if you can help.       
> 
> Many thanks       
> 
> vy 73, Andy  - DO1DXX       
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