[SOC] New USA to Europe QSL Buro

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

ARRL is unlike the majority of the IARU.  ARRL is quite generous, as is USA
FISTS.  Most National Amateur Radio societies - LABRE, RSBG, IRTS, DARC,
NRRL, SSA, REF, RRS, URE, VERON, JARL, etc. provide QSL bureau as a
membership benefit.  No membership, no QSL bureau for you.  USA and Canada
do not do that - their QSL bureaus are open to non-members.

As far as ARRL being political - you have the opportunity through
volunteering and running for ARRL position to change and influence that
organization.  i've done so and will do so again.

However speaking from knowledge of what Board members must do often - often
the Board members vote for something because it was the best they could do,
and doing nothing would mean all would be lost.  In other words, I've often
voted for things because they had a glimmer of hope inside them still, often
because of my efforts, but the overall resolution or directive was not what
I - nor many members - wished.  (I was a board member of another membership
organization).

73

-- 
David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA
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On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Quikhooligan <quikhooligan at yahoo.com>wrote:

> 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%?
>