QSL Cards for DX Stns
Bry Carling
bcarling at CFL.RR.COM
Sat Jan 26 17:10:15 EST 2008
Good questions - yes - and ALSO - HOW do you send
OUTBOUND DX QSL cards to the foreign stations in bulk if you ar
enot a member of ARRL?
Are there any other overseas DX QSL sending organizations here
these days??
WA3MKC wrote:
> Since I've been active the last few months, and being QRT for over 11 years, I see the present day QSL card situation has changed somewhat.
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> I'm a bit confused as to the better way to obtain QSL's from all these new countries I've worked......I've read all the info on QRZ.com, and ARRL sites.
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> I belong to ARRL, so I've sent out a small batch through the QSL buro, mainly garden variety DX to see what happens. Nothing returned yet to date so far...I know from the 70's it can take a year to get a card sometimes.
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> Obviously the more desirable cards will need special attention.
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> International Reply Coupons don't seem to exist anymore, the Post Office looked at me and said, "we haven't seen them for over a year or so". I figured these would be safer than "green stamps" through the mail with questionable P. O. in a foreign country. I never used these in the past, so I have no idea about how reliable these were years ago....
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> So it appears that the good'ol green stamp is the preferred way we do this in 2008.
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> I know this sounds a bit Novice like, but I would like to hear what works and does not work for you all.....before I create a lot of work and frustration....
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Bruce WA3MKC - 73's
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