[Nodxa] Update note for NODXA's January 9 meeting RE: QSLing

[Jim Stahl]

The $7.00 merely covers the upfront fee, the upfront charge for the package. So club members are able to in effect split up that fee. 

However, there is still the $1.15/ounce fee for the cards, which is where the big bucks come in.


73  -  Jim   K8MR



> On Jan 9, 2018, at 3:27 PM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
> 
> Goose/Don, et al,
> 
> Thanks for the speedy replies & info.
> 
> I didn't know about the Club capability. That could be
> a nice benefit of Membership. Our local Club in Lake
> County is an ARRL Special Service Club, so that would
> certainly qualify.
> 
> 73/TNX/HNY,    Bob  K8BL
> 
> (Don.... Ur real organized! Mine are randomly in
>      15 shoe boxes.)
> ________________________________
> From: Goose Steingass <w8av at aol.com>
> To: k8mfo at aol.com 
> Cc: k8bl at ameritech.net; af8c at alumni.caltech.edu; nodxa at contesting.com; n8sy at n8sy.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 3:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nodxa] Update note for NODXA's January 9 meeting RE:  QSLing
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> 
> 
> Don is right on submitting cards as a club and the $7 covers the whole shipment.  However, there is a caveat.  The club has to be an ARRL Affiliated Club to take advantage of this.
> 
> 73............de Goose W8AV
> 
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> k8mfo--- via Nodxa <nodxa at lists.contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> Bob and Others:
> 
> 
> You are right about the pricing of the Outgoing Bureau going "through the roof".     While I'm an Incoming Bureau manager (Letter G), I'm  frequently asked questions about the Outgoing Bureau.
> 
> 
> The price is so high because of the MINIMUM $7 charge applied to each bureau shipment.    Then you are assessed additional fees per ounce.       One way to minimize the cost if for a CLUB to combine their shipments to the outgoing bureau.   As I understand it, the $7 handling fee will cover the entire shipment from a club.
> 
> 
> Goose - W8AV and the Wooster Radio Club do these consolidated shipments to the Outgoing Bureau.     He can comment further on the mechanics.
> 
> 
> I know the ARRL promotes LoTW as the "answer", but there are a lot of people who have not enrolled for one reason or another.  ALSO, I find that even if a DX station confirms by LoTW, a goodly percentage still send a paper card through the incoming bureau system!
> 
> 
> Personally I have 34 drawers of  DX QSLs here, in alpha or numerical order!
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> 
> I'll say no more!
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> 
> 73
> 
> 
> 
> Don K8MFO
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net>
> To: af8c <af8c at alumni.caltech.edu>; nodxa <nodxa at contesting.com>
> Cc: Scott - N8SY <n8sy at n8sy.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 9, 2018 10:28 am
> Subject: Re: [Nodxa] Update note for NODXA's January 9 meeting RE:  QSLing
> 
> Glenn,
> 
> Thanks for the informative link.
> IMHO, the fee that the League has placed on Outgoing Bureau
> usage has priced it out of common usage. In the past, I'd take a
> few dozen cards a couple times a year and send them out via
> the Bureau. With the high additional fee, I plan to only use the
> 
> Bureau once per year at most, if at all.
> Additionally, I think the League is trying to encourage folks to
> only use LoTW and eventually end physical QSLs altogether
> 
> which would end one of the more enjoyable aspects of our hobby.
> 73,    Bob  K8BL
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "Williams, G (AF8C)" <af8c at alumni.caltech.edu>
> To: nodxa at contesting.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 9:47 AM
> Subject: [Nodxa] Update note for NODXA's January 9 meeting RE:  QSLing
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
>  It appears, after Tedd's questions at the meeting, that the following
> 
> document should be read:
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> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QSL/THE%20ARRL%20OUTGOING%20QSL%20SERVICE%202
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> 016.pdf
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> 
> 
> 
> --73, Glenn, AF8C
> 
> NODXA Secretary
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