[Dx-qsl] KU9C

Tue May 28 19:30:00 2002

Ernes, let me try to help you understand how this might work.
Here is the worst case.
You work a station managed by KU9C. You send the card IMMEDIATELY the next
day to the bureau.
Lets assume the bureau Mails to the USA once a month. So, one month later
your card comes to the US...probably via surface.
1-2 months later it arrives at the US bureau. Lets assume 2 months.
typically it is sorted at least twice ....all by volunteers...who have other
things to do. Lets assume the first sort takes a month (a guy picks it up
at a meeting, sorts it, returns to the next meeting for the next guy.)
Lets see....we're probably up to 5-6 months already.
My bureau guy, in an attempt to save me money, sends my cards in BIG
boxes...and NOT each month. I pay for bureau costs out of the donations
received, so I try to minimize this expense. There is a good chance I'll
get your card maybe 7-9 months after you send it. in the Worst case.
Now, the delay starts in a big way. I am usually at least 6 months to a
year behind in bureau mailings. Lets take the worst case.....a year...
And then, again to save money, I bulk my cards with other managers, and mail
back to Mario at the I bureau. Surface mail. That takes at least 2
months....
We're closing in on 2 years right there.
I'm not sure how many bureau cards you handle, but I get my cards in 10-30
pound boxes, roughly. And, I get a lot of cards from guys that have already
gotten the card via direct, or via another QSO (how many BQ9P 10 meter Q's
does a guy really need confirmed anyway)???!!!
The majority of this delay is of my own doing, not the QSL bureau. However,
consider that you WILL EVENTUALLY get a bureau card....from KU9C.....it's
just not going to get the same attention as a direct mailing to me.
(Just a side note, the I bureau is special in that it often mails the
packages direct to me which speeds the process incredibly...the I amateurs
are indeed lucky for this service)
73
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ermenegildo Calderoni" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 6:02 PM
Subject: R: [Dx-qsl] KU9C
> A turnround of two or three years is not a good job for a QSLs bureau !
> I'm used qsl'ing a lot of my cards via a well running bureaus :Europe,
> Japan, South America, Canada and other and.......when I send my QSL cards
> I (really) need the card.
> Sry fer my not good English language!
> gl de Ermes IK4FNF
>> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> A: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Data: sabato 25 maggio 2002 19.55
> Oggetto: [Dx-qsl] KU9C
>>> >
> > After reading the posting from Steve KU9C I think a note of
> > appreciation is - again - due to him for the tremendous amount of
> > work that he does on our behalf.
> >
> > I love QSL-ing, but I couldn't do it, and neither could you.
> >
> > Incidentally, with a turnround of two to three years, if you send
> > a card for PW0T or YA5T via the bureau, do you really want a
> > card?
> >
> > 73
> > Tony G4UZN
> >Please help QSL.NET . Send your donation now.
> >
> >If you have already donated, thanks !
>> Please help QSL.NET . Send your donation now.
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