[DX] QSL Status for KU9C

[Steven Wheatley KU9C]

I am nearing the completion of the direct QSL cards
received for some of the DXpeditions that I manage,
and I wanted to give you all an update.

As of January 31, I will be current with all direct
QSL received for PW0T and YA5T as of January 6, 2003.
Please note that this means that if you sent a QSL to
me for ONLY PW0T or YA5T (i.e., without another card
for a station I manage), it will have been processed
and mailed to you.  If you do not have your card
within a reasonable mailing time from NJ at that time,
I'd suggest you resubmit.  

The 2002 BQ9P operation will be my next focus...and I 
expect to have that done in February.  It's a bit
slow, as it requires a number of log lookups.

Other calls I manage have been on the back burner a
bit, although I'm mailing them out as I can get to
them.  If you sent me individual SASEs for these
stations, I expect to have them out in the next month
or so as well.

Many QSLs will be delayed beyond the above schedule
because more than one call have been included in the
SASE.  If you sent PW0T and YA5T, they should be out
quickly.  If you sent PW0T with aa early BQ9P
operation, for example, it will be delayed further, as
I don't do the BQ9P cards as often as I do YA5T due to
volume.

Statistics:  Just under 50,000 PW0T QSO's have been
issued.  20,000 YA5T QSO's have been issued.  When I
take these with the other calls I manage, including
bureau mailings, approximately 100,000 QSOs have been
issued by me since January 1, 2002.   This equates to
over 30,000 envelopes received, and has been nearly a
full-time job for me in 2002.


One thing I pride myself, as part of my contribution
to the integrity of the various award programs, and in
particular DXCC, is the careful check of every QSL I
receive against the logs I have on file.  If there is
a time discrepancy, I check it out to make a
determination as to whether you should get the QSO.  I
check paper logs if available before I send back 'not
in log'.  This takes time, but I strongly believe that
this effort is required to maintain the quality and
integrity of my QSL process, which directly affects
the quality of the programs we use these cards for. 
Imagine the consequences if I did not carefully check
the cards, especially for operations such as BS7H,
BQ9P, YA5T, PW0T.

I appreciate your patience, and I thank all of you
that have been supportive in this process.  Had I the
ability to do it over again, I'd have done things
differently, but at the end of the day, the cards are
out with the highest level of quailty I can provide,
and that is what it all about.

73
Steve KU9C




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Steve Wheatley KU9C 
PO Box 31
Morristown NJ  07963-0031 
U.S.A. 

email:  ku9c@ku9c.com 
http://www.ku9c.com/