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Date: Thu, May 12, 2022 at 1:21 PM
Subject: 4th District QSL Bureau
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