[Dx-qsl] U.S. to U.S. QSLing

Fri May 31 14:52:01 2002

Jim N3BB operated as NT5C for the WPX/CW contest, and the QSLs are 
starting to roll in. Among those are the first USA cards asking "PSE 
QSL" without any return postage or return envelope. As we all know 
(don't we?), the bureau can't be used to reply.
Jim made 2648 Qs, of which close to 1000 were USA. Let's assume that 
500 of those folks are prefix hunters and will want a QSL (this was 
WPX after all), and that 200 of the 500 won't bother to send an SASE. 
So they are asking Jim, who will be taking care of WPX QSLing, to 
subsidize their hobby to the tune of 74ドル postage, plus preparation 
and cost of 200 envelopes, for a total of 100ドル say.
Now 100ドル isn't going to break either of us, but I find that very 
discourteous. For my SSB QSOs within the U.S.the rule is simple: No 
SASE, no QSL. Jim N3BB, being a CW op, is probably a much nicer and 
more generous fellow than I am, so I don't know how he will choose to 
deal with this. You may get lucky!
John, NT5C.