[OKDXA] ZL7C

[Dave]

The Kermadec Dx Association wishes to announce the the blank QSL cards for
the Chatham Islands DXpedition which took place in October 2002 arrived in
New Zealand on the 27th January.  The cards were provided courtesy of Vertex
Standard (formerly Yaesu, Japan) who have been one of our major sponsors for
many years.

With the almost 5000 envelopes containing many thousands of QSO's received
to date we have begun processing these cards and we expect this process to
continue for approximately another 2 - 3 weeks.

We have already noticed that there is a significant number (in excess of 100
to date) that do not contain Self Addressed Envelopes OR return postage.
These cards WILL be sent via the bureau with a suitable notation.

To those who sent more than the minimal number of IRC's or greenstamps we
thank you for your support which will be used offset some of our expenses.

We hope to have all incoming cards answered within the next two weeks and we
will be doing a BULK mail out by ECOMOMY POST on 1 March 2003.  Please be
patient and await the arrival of your cards   If by the end of April you do
not have your cards then may we suggest that this is an appropriate time to
consider whether to send a 2nd request.

All second requests received before the 1 May will not be answered until all
cards have been filed When filing is complete  a check will be made to see
if the first requests have been answered.  As it will be some weeks after
the 1st May before all our cards are sorted please do not ask if we have
received your cards in the interim.

Incoming bureau cards along with those that did not include return addressed
envelopes or return postage will be processed when time permits.

To all those who used our previous Wellington Addresses I cannot guarantee
that we will have received your cards.

Please feel free to pass the above information on by whatever means to as
many others as possible.

Finally, we have enjoyed your company to make ZL7C yet another very
successfull Kermadec DX Association DXpedition.  With our three DXpeditions
to date we have put in excess of 200,000 QSO's in the logs of many fellow
hams and we are delighted to have provided new ones for some of you.

Please note that any replies to this message should be direct and not via
the reflectors.

Kind Regards and good Dxing

Ken Holdom   ZL4HU
Group Organiser / Team Leader / QSL Manger
Kermadec Dx Association

P O Box 7
Clyde
Central Otago
New Zealand