[SOC] New USA to Europe QSL Buro

Wed Aug 18 05:14:32 EDT 2010

I joined the ARRL just for QST, it is about the best out there. Politics
aside, the ARRL gives good value for money.

Stuart, GD0OUD.

-----Original Message-----
From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Quikhooligan
Sent: 18 August 2010 07:45
To: Second Class Operators' Club
Subject: Re: [SOC] New USA to Europe QSL Buro

ARRL's QSL bureau service is terrific. I wonder if the "We serve all USA
even non members" feature of the incoming bureau differs from operational
rules of other IARU organizations where EURAO states "This was the only
solution found to the problem of QSLs not delivered to its addressees but
destroyed because they are not members of the IARU Bureau in their own
countries (60% in Europe). But if USA hams don't have envelopes or credits
on file with the ARRL incoming bureau, I believe their QSLs are eventually
destroyed also. I wonder if the rate is as high as 60%?

One more praiseworthy feature of ARRL membership is the opening of their QST
archives for online access to all members. I never thought they would do
that, but to their credit, they did. It really adds to the value of a
membership.

And speaking of value, I once got upset with ARRL and investigated what it
would cost to join a different national organization in another country
rather than continue membership with ARRL.

Here was the breakdown in US dollars:

ARRL regular membership        $39
ARRL international membership  $62

WIA  standard membership       $75
WIA  overseas membership       $85

NZART standard membership      $95
NZART overseas surface mail    $95
NZART overseas air mail       $110

After seeing that these other organizations charged even
higher membership rates than ARRL, ARRL membership started
looking like a real steal.

Then I realized I was already a Life member so I was stuck
with the ARRL and all their dictatorial policies.

A real SOC story. Say, does SOC offer life memberships
or do I already have an SOC life membership? If it's for life,
then I guess I'm stuck with SOC too.

--- On Mon, 8/16/10, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> From: D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [SOC] New USA to Europe QSL Buro
> To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 4:48 AM
> ARRL has a very good outgoing QSL
> service.  While many criticize it as a
> "spendthrift organization, a whore interested in only money
> and being a
> publisher" and other insulting characteristics, the ARRL
> has come up to the
> plate, provided in addition to its "We serve all USA even
> non members" of
> its incoming QSL bureau, provides an excellent outgoing QSL
> bureau.
> 
> If the QSL is that rare or unusual that it isn't handed by
> a bureau, we have
> the WF5E Outgoing QSL (and incoming) Service.
> 
> http://www.qsl.net/wf5e/
> 
> WF5E runs the 5 land QSL ARRL incoming bureau and receives
> back from  DXers
> direct QSLs in response to the ones he sends out for
> us.  A secret and
> amazingly highly successful weapon in the hunt for RARE
> DX.  He obtained for
> me the Egyptian QSL card I could never get by direct mail
> or bureau in a
> month.
> 
> 73
> 
> David N1EA
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:37 AM, Quikhooligan
<quikhooligan at yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
> > Anyone know anything about this new startup QSL buro?
> How well does it
> > work?  Is it a valid path for USA to Europe
> QSL's? Is it really needed?
> > Exactly who is EURAO?
> >
> > ==================
> > from:
> >
> >
http://icqpodcast.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1060&Itemid=
1
> > ==================
> > Free 'QSL Gateway' from USA to Europe
> > Written by News Editor
> > Sunday, 15 August 2010
> > As a real alternative 'Outgoing QSL Service' for
> American hams, and closing
> > up European ones to the distance of a national first
> class stamp, EURAO
> > (European Radio Amateurs' Organization) has just
> established in United
> > States an entry point to its QSL Bureaus Network,
> assuming the shipping cost
> > between the two continents for the QSLs to its
> members.
> > This "only-one-way-service" is complementary to the
> other one provided by
> > the existing 11 DX Incoming QSL Bureaus in this
> country, where European
> > associations usually send their QSLs. This was the
> only solution found to
> > the problem of QSLs not delivered to its addressees
> but destroyed because
> > they are not members of the IARU Bureau in their own
> countries (60% in
> > Europe).
> >
> > This "wormhole" is part of a more global project
> called EuroBureauQSL that
> > is already underway in 10 countries: Andorra,
> Argentina, Belgium, Chile,
> > France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay and USA.
> >
> > So, all OMs and YLs that received (or are going to
> receive soon) one or
> > more QSLs from EuroBureauQSL, now have the opportunity
> to reply these QSLs
> > sending theirs to this address in USA:
> >
> > EuroBureauQSL
> > Hugo Martínez Moreno
> > 25 23 82nd St
> > East Elmhurst, NY 11370
> >
> > You will find more info about this project at
> > http://www.eurobureauqsl.org/
> >
> >
> >
> >
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