[Dx-qsl] buro cards

Tue Sep 20 07:02:29 EDT 2005

A QSL card is the final courtesy for a QSO . . . I missed 5BWAS from YS land
because the only contact I had with RI on 20m was with a HAM who "didn't
believe in QSLing"....but I noticed he never sent back the YS9HH cards I
sent him.
Hutch, NK0S
(hp1xhh, ys9hh, hl9hp)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ron at pacinfo.com>
To: <bernie at dailydx.com>; <ku9c at ku9c.com>; "'dx-qsl-mailman.qth.net'"
<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:07 PM
Subject: RE: [Dx-qsl] buro cards
> Hi Bernie, I doubt that most people would be willing to spend the time
that
> managers do...let alone the money spent from our own pockets just to get a
> card to someone. A lot of these guys think its a money making deal to be a
> manager...for those of you who do... come back to reality.
> When I got that email from K5WW, I should have just rolled with the punch
> but I didn't. I just want to say "I am sorry for telling him to do to
> himself what is humanly impossible"
>> At
>> 09:50 PM 9/19/2005 -0400, Bernie McClenny wrote:
>>> >Steve and everyone else. It's not just the money but the time also! And
> >that is more valuable than the money.
> >
> >Bernie
> >
> >
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> >On Behalf Of Steven Wheatley KU9C
> >Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 20:52
> >To: dx-qsl-mailman.qth.net
> >Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] buro cards
> >
> >Ahhhhh...the proverbial can of worms has been opened. For the record, I
> >follow Ron and Phil's 'process'....if you've got it on a band/mode, the
only
> >way you'll get a second card is via a direct request.
> >
> >Last count of bureau cards received, where I did a 'serious tally' of the
> >results, showed that about 60% (58 to be exact) were duplicates....being
> >defined as the call I manage had been requested and answered before for
the
> >band/mode.
> >
> >Now, if someone wants to "help"....lets do the math on the next 70 pounds
I
> >get....
> >
> >Roughly 300 bucks for QSL cards
> >Roughly 24 bucks for labels
> >roughly 40 bucks to get the cards to me
> >roughly 280 bucks to get the cards back out
> >
> >Do that math, and then look at 60% of it due to 'duplication'. Add on
top
> >of that you have to often make a choice with an hour...do direct, or sort
> >thru the burro cards....realizing, also, as Nenad pointed out...many have
> >come via direct as well.
> >
> >Not having a bad day, just making those that send a card to everything
that
> >moves realize what the pain is.
> >
> >73
> >
> >&quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
got...till
> >it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also true about
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> >
> >
> >
> >&quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
> >got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also
> >true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets and help
> >financially. Please contribute TODAY !!
>>>> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also
true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets and help
financially. Please contribute TODAY !!