[OKDXA] QSL Managers and the Bureau

[Kim Elmore]

How should I interpret GOLIST QSL manager listings when they fail to say 
"OR BUREAU?"  I have a slug of QSL's, some for some pretty old contacts (c. 
1990), to send out and it would be pretty darned expensive to send $2 to 
each manager, not to mention the extra $1 in postage simply to get to the 
manager (assuming the mail isn't pilfered).  I'm in no huge hurry, so 
waiting for the bureau suits me fine.  I don't begrudge supporting managers 
and their operations, but the bill would easily exceed $100 at this point 
and I'm not sure that the logs I'm in even exist anymore. Are there certain 
managers that simply refuse to accept bureau cards or that simply never get 
them (because they don't belong to their national organization)?  If so, 
how do I find out who they are so I won't wait forever for a card I'll 
never get via the bureau?

73,

Kim Elmore, N5OP
                           Kim Elmore, Ph.D.
                        University of Oklahoma
         Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
"All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The
greatest of these is Maybe" The original Latin appears to be garbled.