[OKDXA] Interesting news from the VP6DX crew

[W5GA]

>From their web site:

1. QSL card design 
An earlier press release stated that we expected QSL cards to enter the
postal system in mid-April. We must apologize for failing to meet that
deadline.
Our printer offered us an opportunity to send an extraordinary QSL card. The
direct-mail "card" will be a 36-page booklet, sponsored by the QSL-Shop and
Knut Theurich DG0ZB (http://qslshop.com). This booklet has the same
dimensions as a QSL card, and contains over 80 color photos and maps. The
text includes information about the major sponsors, Ducie Island history,
and the VP6DX project. With a thickness of 1mm, the VP6DX QSL will fit in
standard QSL card display holders.
Not surprisingly, it takes much more time to design and prepare for printing
a 36-page booklet than a standard QSL card. We submitted the complete draft
of the card design to the printer on May 14. During the next several weeks
we worked together with the printer to resolve technical layout issues and
to proofread the final design. The final proof was approved on June 6 and
printing of 20,000 cards began on June 9. Last Friday June 13 more than 500
kg (1100 lb) of cards were shipped to the QSL team which should arrive
around the end of this week.
We hope you will find this special card worth the additional waiting time.
As you will read below, the QSL team has been using this time to complete
other tasks for card preparation.
Note: Because QSL bureaus are not equipped to handle a booklet, VP6DX QSLs
delivered via the bureau will use a normal card with color photographs.


73, Doug W5GA