[Dx-qsl] none reply from US manager

Fri Jan 20 15:42:15 EST 2012

Thanks for all the comments guys. I unequivocally state for the record that I believe that 99.99% of managers are upstanding, honorable, honest and HARD WORKING volunteers who do a great job. Case in point. Got my Sae back from OH0XX for card I sent for ZD8O on 160. NIL. Olli not only returned my card but a list of 4 stations that WERE in the log at that time. Above and beyond. My world will not end because of an NIL. It will be one more to work and I KNOW I'm not in that log. 
I also want to mention that I've seen it from the other side of the fence, having managed KP2A for a few years (that was work!). When I felt it was getting to be too much with my young family and all, I turned it over to someone else. For the most part, managers are unpaid volunteers. With families, jobs, responsibilities. Oh, They might like to go on the air occasionally, to. Think about losing 10 hours of YOUR spare time (at least) every week. Think you could do it? So thank them. Make sure there's correct postage provided for your return - US postage goes up in 2 days. And maybe send them a little for the "qsl fund". 
And don't get me started on qsl buro workers!! :-)
Steve kz2i
On Jan 20, 2012, at 15:04, Ron Lago <ac7dx at comcast.net> wrote:
> Round file them!!
>> On 1/20/2012 10:02 AM, Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW wrote:
>> I have a collection ! :-)
>>>>>> OF cards that people NEVER send an SASE, STAMP or IRC !
>> yet they want there card back 2 DAYS before they even MAIL it !
>>>> & GOD HELP you if you dont put there QSO's ON LOTW within 2 HRS of the QSO
>> ! ( I dont even have the LOGS for WEEKS sometimes MONTHS !!!!!!!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A.R.S. W5TFW
>> Richard J. Fiero II
>> ARRL Awards Manager
>> QSL Manager V44KAI ....
>> ETC.....
>>>> I think our Members of Congress should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so
>> we could identify their corporate sponsors.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Sullivan"<stevekz2i at yahoo.com>
>> To: "dxqsl"<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:15 AM
>> Subject: [Dx-qsl] none reply from US manager
>>>>>> Can someone explain something to me? Is there an underground market for
>> in-USA SASEs? I've dealt with overseas theft of IRCs and green stamps for
>> years. It's part of the equation. But lately, I seem to be having a problem
>> with responses from stateside managers to whom I've sent an SASE. One
>> 2-lander (it's NOT N2OO, for sure!) stands out in particular. I worked a
>> station that he manages (actually operated from, I believe). 3 requests
>> since last June have gone unanswered. Email - no reply. WHAT DO THEY DO WITH
>> THE SASE? Do they use it to mail their checks to the bank? Make colorful
>> collages or decoupage the coffee table (that one was the xyls suggestion)?
>> OR do they relable them and send them to other managers as THEIR SASEs?!!
>>>> Or do I take the high road and assume that they are floating around the USPS
>> somewhere, in a postal limbo? I know mail gets lost. I've had mail go astray
>> going across town here in Charlotte. It amazes me, though, that I have NEVER
>> had a request lost in the mail
>> going to the likes of W3HNK or N2OO.
>>>> The only consolation is that at least there wasn't a 1ドル.05 airmail stamp and
>> IRCs involved each time.
>>>> (geez, i'm starting to sound like the late Andy Rooney!)
>>>> Anyway. Enough carping. Good luck to everyone in working the Malpelo and
>> Pitcairn operations in the next couple of weeks. And maybe I'll work a C6 on
>> 6m this weekend in the contest from whom I CAN get a qsl.
>>>> 73 de Steve, KZ2I
>> Charlotte, NC
>> Carolina DX Association - South Jersey DX Association
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