[Dx-qsl] K1B: Mission Accomplished

Fri Jul 12 17:43:01 2002

Wow...if I had laser vision......that could make my life easy. Here's the
process....I'm sure a few are curious. Let me use BQ9P as an example
The operation was from June 4th for a week, as I recall. I started getting
envelopes a few days later.
I open each one, and mark somewhere on the envelope what call is requested.
I also mark and record the donation. For example, if a guy from the UK
sends an IRC, I mark 20 cents (as I sell them for a 1ドル). If a guy sends a
greenstamp, i mark 20 cents, if the guy sends 10 bucks...I mark it 9.20 (10
less the 80 cents stamp). I code any 'donations' on the envelope as
well...to remind me to add a note of thanks.
In most dxpeditions, by the time I have the cards to send out, I've received
the majority of the envelopes to go out. I've usually printed the labels.
Then it's stuff the envelopes and away they go when the cards arrive.
RARELY do I get the chance to answer the mail on the day they come in.
Should I have that chance, I'd probably just do what I have that day. But
consider that on a typical day I get 300-500 pieces of mail. Many have
MULTIPLE call requests in one envelope, many are for operations I've not
got cards for (although I still get BS7H 1995 and BQ9P 1994 requests, at the
rate of 3-4 a month).
My goal in mailing is to have whatever I have in house out within a month of
card arrival. I'm not going to make that on PW0T, largely because of the
size of that operation in terms of Q's....and also the fact that YA5T is
very active. Both countries are new ones for many, so it's a balance of
what to answer. I'm aware of the various deadlines.......so that is always
in the back of my mind.
Why does it take so long to get a card? It's because I believe a color card
is the appropriate 'finish' to a DXpedition. And they take time to
assemble. It frankly allows me to organize the response. PW0S, as an
example, last year had most of the cards answered within TWO WEEKS of the
card arrival, so that folks could have a chance of them at Dayton.
In the case of PW0T, by the way, its more like 10,000 envelopes.....and all
are opened and sorted appropriately.
There are probably other ways to do this, but this is the way I do it. Most
of the complaints I've seen (and there are darn few) are guys that shoot
themselves in the foot (for example, putting 5 calls in an envelope....that
takes several months to complete and return).....or folks that are
impatient.....
Hope this helps
73
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Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] K1B: Mission Accomplished
>> Steve,
>> Let me clarify.
>> All I said was: why should you jump the queue because you donate?
>> Surely logical sorting is:-
>> (i) first come, first served;
>> subject to
>> (ii) Different postal area sorting to facilitate batches being
mailed
> to areas with different posage rates,
>> I don't know how you go through 1000 envelopes and pick out the
> ones with donations inside. Laser vision?
>> Am I missing the point somewhere?
>> 73
>> Tony G4UZN
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