[SFDXA] Additional information on the 4th District QSL Bureau

[Bill]

/Thanks to Jack W4JS and Tony N2MFT:/

Here's some follow up comments from Steve-K4EU regarding the 
consolidation of the two 4th District QSL Bureaus.

*From:* Steve Hawley <k4eu.steve at gmail.com>

FYI, 4S7AB was in here 599 on 20m long path this morning.  His timing 
was perfect as it was right at the time for potential propagation.  I 
haven't seen him spotted for some time, but I also worked him for the 
2021 DX Marathon.
73, Jack-W4JS

Hi Jack;
FYI - With the consolidation of the two 4th call area QSL Bureaus into 
one, here's the website folks should be viewing -

https://www.cdxa.org/w4qsl-bureau/index.php

It appears one day it will be hosted by the Sterling Park club instead 
of the CDXA in Charlotte, NC.....  You are fortunate to have Jerry/N4JR 
as your sorter as we know he will do an outstanding job....

As you know, I am the "Z" cards sorter....

It appears the Sterling Park manager/NQ4K will forward cards to 
individual sorters on a more frequent basis.  One big box of cards 
arrived approximately every six months from CDXA....  I've already 
received a small batch of ZED cards from NQ4K...

73.....//Steve

k4eu.steve at gmail.com
k4eu at arrl.net



On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 1:22 PM <w4js at juno.com> wrote:

    I just had an e-mail exchange with Jerry Rossano-N4JR over in
    Hollywood, Alabama, who has been sorting and distributing the
    single-letter "J", "O" and "R" prefix cards for as long as I can
    recall.  He offered this update on the 4th District:
    You probably heard that the two 4th area Bureaus combined into one. 
    I took on the double-letter "O"s and "R"s, added to my original
    single-letter prefix "J", "O" and "R". Shouldn't be a problem as the
    QSL business has dropped off considerably since the advent of LoTW. 
    Looks like the new regime will be shipping me cards at smaller
    intervals than before so that should make sorting a little easier.
    The dramatic decrease in physical QSLing undoubtedly reduced the
    need for two bureau operations in the 4th district.  I see that the
    "winner" is the
    *Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club*
    Call Box 599
    Sterling, VA 20167
    So, if you have a 4th district call sign and use the bureau system
    for incoming DX cards, the guy who sorts and mails out those cards
    to you may have changed.  If you had sent SASE's or dinero to either
    of the former two bureaus, I reckon they will be forwarded to the
    new sorter is necessary.  We know that Tom-KN4ONE was surprised when
    he received a QSL packet from Jerry several weeks back.
    BTW, with regard to the outgoing bureau service, you know that it is
    just for QSLs to DX stations.  However, there is one exemption.  If
    that DX station has a QSL manager in the US, you can use the bureau
    to send a card to that manager.  Over the years, I have received a
    number of stateside QSLs via the bureau for some of the DX stations
    for whom I manage QSLs.
    73, Jack-W4JS


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