[CQ-Contest] QSLing

[Ria Jairam]

If you have a "no buro" policy then returning unwanted cards tells the
foreign bureaus and stations not to forward cards for you. Only some
bureaus will return cards, however.

I am a bureau sorter with W2. Our policy is to send a courtesy mailing to a
potential new subscriber and if they choose not to subscribe we just
discard future cards for that call. Eventually when DX stations don't get a
reply or they read the station's QRZ page that says "no bureau" they stop
sending.  Sometimes if we get a lot the bureau manager will contact the
foreign bureau and explain to them. Helps save cards and postage.


On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 12:18 PM W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:

> Why would anyone return unwanted cards?  It sure would have helped the
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> environmental impact by putting them in the recycling bin........Right?
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> I still remember the 1st qsl cards I got and the thrill of getting home
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> from school to run to the mailbox to see if I got any new cards.  This
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> is part of getting people hooked!
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> We continue to move away from personalized things that made us fall in
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> love with our hobby.
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> W0MU
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> On 1/3/2017 6:01 AM, DXer wrote:
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> >  From the January 2017 issue of RadCom (RSGB), QSL Matters column, page
> 8.
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> > Partial quote:
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> > " Since 2012, the RSGB has been a world leader in promoting responsible
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> > QSLing. It has encouraged Members to 'think before they send' and to use
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> > OQRS, Club Log and Logbook of The World as alternatives to the routine
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> > sending of paper cards. There's no doubt that many Members are helping to
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> > reduce costs and environmental impact. Unfortunately, an increasing
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> > of cards are being returned in bulk from other bureaus marked 'not a
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> > member' or 'does not collect'. So perhaps for 2017 we should change our
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> > slogan from 'think' to 'Check before you send'. "
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> > 73 de Vince, VA3VF
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