[UK-CONTEST] VLF/VHF etc etc

[Lee Volante]

Hi John,

Has it been specified what "large volume" means ?  Like many active 
contesters reading this list, I receive a few thousand QSL cards a year 
which I don't gain much enjoyment from. (Polite understatement.)  I will 
then reply to everyone - I will send a huge pile of TNX QSL cards out.

I understand the logic of "they gave me my enjoyment of a contest QSO, now I 
should return the favour and send them a QSL card if they're asking for 
one."

Some contesters do not return QSLs, or indeed collect the incoming cards in 
the first place - and that is their choice.

I thought the whole idea of a national bureau was to remove the costs of 
sending internationally from the individual, and was a service that part 
justifies our national society subscription fee.  If we're asked to send 
these cards overseas, I can see certain people in a similar situation to 
myself now wavering and choosing not to send these cards out en-masse, or 
perhaps to be more selective in replying.  It becomes more of a bind, and 
more expensive, than it was previously.

On the other hand, the additional postage is still probably only a small 
cost compared with the average running costs of an amateur station. I should 
count myself lucky I'm not charged by the card like elsewhere.....

73,

Lee G0MTN

----- Original Message ----- 
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] VLF/VHF etc etc


> Chris et al does anybody know when the decision was taken against "Large 
> QSL
> Bureau users who will be asked to send their large volumes direct to IARU
> Bureaus". This was gleaned from the QSL Bureau article in the 2006 
> Yearbook.
> Page 17 written by the RSGB QSL Supremos. Perhaps I missed the small print
> in Radcom.
>
> John G3LZQ
> Manager for G6D,G8D,GU8D, M2D (Only QSL'd on new band/modes thanks to
> DX4WIN)
>