Patty,
Remarks from G-land:-
<<I just got curious about how QSL bureaus work in other countries.>>
S'funny - we're kinda curious about how our QSL bureaux work, too :-)
<<Is there a central bureau for incoming cards?>>
Yup!
<<What happens when cards arrive? Are they separated and sent to regional
bureaus?>>
Our bureax is distributed, according to call prefix. F'rinstance, All the
G2-calls have a manager (there's not that many of 'em these days), but the G0's
are split something along the lines of G0AAA-G0AZZ = thisManager, etc. The
'local' managers (known as submanagers round these parts) have volunteers who
work at home.
<<Are there enough hams to justify having suffix managers (as we do in the
U.S.)?>>
I think I adressed this above.
<<Are the incoming and outgoing bureaus (or the single bureau) run under the
auspices of the country's primary amateur radio organization?>>
Yes, that's the way it is here. Focal point for _ALL_ cards is RSGB HQ; they
batch outbound cards for each international bureau. They also batch inbound
cards and forward them to the relevant submanagers.
<<Are the bureaus staffed entirely by volunteers? (Our incoming ones are, but
not the outgoing one.)>>
Hey! We do that too!
73 es CUL - Iain
G8SJP/G0RDI/C30DLA/AA2stillWaiting :-)
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