[CQ-Contest] QSLing

[Ria Jairam]

The incoming bureaus don't want it.  Sorting DX cards is already time
consuming as it is and it is pretty much all sorted by hand by volunteers.
ARRL floated the idea but the bureaus balked.

I'm also not sure how much money it would save. A first class stamp is 47¢.
Postcard stamps are 34¢. So round trip it can be about $1 or less. Compare
that to $1.15 at a minimum for DX cards, $3-$4 round trip so it adds up.

There are various awards programs like 3905CCN and OMISS that run their own
bureaus as well so domestic bureaus do exist in pockets here and there.


On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:

> But to us, that is like us having a Stateside Buro.
> I really wonder why one hasn't started for stateside stuff.
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> On 1/3/2017 8:01 PM, Ria Jairam wrote:
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>> For Europeans the picture is very different. A lot of them use bureau
>> QSLing as their primary means of card sending and receiving.
>>
>> - Ria, N2RJ
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:00 PM W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
>>
>> If I need a card, the buro was never the answer.  If they are for band
>>>
>>> fills, etc sure and I just hope to get something back.  I bet my buro
>>>
>>> return rate is less than 10 percent.
>>>
>>>
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>>> On 1/3/2017 10:44 AM, DXer wrote:
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>>> Just a guess...to let the sending bureau and/or ham know that they tried,
>>>> but were unable to deliver the cards, and make 'adjustments'. Something
>>>> like the post office returning undelivered mail, instead of round
>>>> filling
>>>> them. I would not want QSL cards to be treated as 'junk mail'.
>>>> 73 de Vince, VA3VF
>>>> ======================================
>>>> Why would anyone return unwanted cards?  It sure would have helped the
>>>> environmental impact by putting them in the recycling bin........Right?
>>>> W0MU
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