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