[Dx-qsl] buro cards

Tue Sep 20 10:00:42 EDT 2005

True, and of course you were not sending 50-100 per day either.
At 08:46 AM 9/20/2005 -0300, Carl Smidt wrote:
>Life was much simpler in the 'Good Ole' days, everyone sent QSL cards,
>whether it was the Ham across town that you worked on 75M or the one from
>'Down Under' on 20M.
>>No envelopes needed in those days, you just slapped a 'cheap' stamp on the
>back of the hard cardboard card, addressed it and dropped it in the mailbox.
>>The return card normally crossed yours in the mail.
>>Must have been the soft warm glow of the vacuum tubes, or maybe the
>comforting hum from the output transformer, that kindled the giving spirit
>generating the 'final courtesy' of the QSO.
>>Oh well! That was loooong ago.
>>I must shuffle out the door and stagger down the road for my health walk, 
>but first a glass of warm milk.
>>73, Carl VE9OV
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "NK0S" <nk0s at ec.rr.com>
>To: "Ron" <ron at pacinfo.com>; <bernie at dailydx.com>; <ku9c at ku9c.com>;
>"'dx-qsl-mailman.qth.net'" <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 8:02 AM
>Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] buro cards
>>>>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
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Bernie McClenny, W3UR
>>> >
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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
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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
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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 !!