[Dx-qsl] question of mailing direct to buros

Mon Aug 14 10:01:56 EDT 2006

-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Douglas
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 9:44 AM
To: DX-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx-qsl] question of mailing direct to buros
Have any of you forwarded cards direct to overseas buros, versus sending
them to the ARRL outgoing buro? I have a feeling that it would be
cheaper to mail some of these directly overseas since many of them are
intended for individual large buros such as the UK, France, Japan,
Germany, Netherlands, etc.
NENAD: This is what I advse to all my QSL clients. 
 Large volumes of QSL cards for DX bureau should
 be sent directly to DX bureau. 
 Use surface mail, since most of QSL bureaus 
 do the same. Takes about 4-6 weeks to deliver 
 overseas, week to continental US.
 This reduces the remaining QSL volume to small 
 quanitity, whcih you can send to national QSL 
 bureau. RAC (VE) bureau provides 4 kg allowance 
 free for RAC members.
What would be the cut off weight to warrant such action? In other
words, a half pound of cards sent to Germany, versus paying the ARRL to
sort the box, and mail the cards to the same German address, plus my
postage to Ct. for them to do so.
NENAD: it all depends on the volume.
 - Up to 100 gr (4 oz) letter (airmail)
 - Small packet (250 gr, 500 gr, 1kg, 2 kg) surface or air.
 - Parcels (anything more than 2 kg). Please ask for the minimum
size of the parcel
Another question is: Where is a list of all overseas buro addresses?
NENAD: http://www.iaru.org/iaruqsl.html
73 Nenad VE3EXY
 QSL Bureau Manager