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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 829

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 829
BID: $OPDX.829
October 22, 2007
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, K1XM, NC1L, KA2AEV, NG3K, W3UR & The
Daily DX, K4VUD/HS0ZCW, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8YSE, K9NW, N0VD, DX-IS News
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DX News, JI6KVR & IOTA-JA News, OH2BH, RSGB IOTA Web Site, SP6DVP,
TG9AAJ, TG9AJR, UA1AKE, VE2QV, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VE3ZIK for the following
DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 14th-October, through Sunday, 21st-October there were 230
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3C, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W,
4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W,
6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y,
A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9,
CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9,
EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP,
FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK,
HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT,
JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD,
OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F,
PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV9, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI,
TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8,
VE, VK, VK9L, VK9N, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE,
XU, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4,
ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS

* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or
more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work
First Worry Later" (WFWL).

4U1, ITU HQ (Special Activity). Look for the special callsign 4U1WRC to
be used between October 22nd and November 16th. Activity is taking place
from the International Amateur Radio Club station 4U1ITU in Geneva during
the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). It was mentioned that
4U1WRC is also expected to be active during the upcoming CQ World Wide
DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th).

4X, ISRAEL. Operators Hal/W8HC, Jerry/K8OQL, Slava/4Z5MU, Azar/4X6MI,
Mark/4Z4KX, Ruben/4Z5FI and Paul/4X6UU will be active as 4X0C during the
CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Multi-Single entry.
QSL via W8HC, direct or by the bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW.

6V, SENEGAL. Operator Javier, EA1FDI, will be active as 6V7G during the
CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th). Operating class is unknown.
QSL via EA1FDI.

8P, BARBADOS. Tom, W2SC, will be active as 8P5A during the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 27-28th) as Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via NN1N.

8Q, MALDIVES. Claudio, HB9OAU, will be active as 8Q7AU from Dhonveli
Island (AS-013), October 29th-November 10th. Activity will be holiday
style.

9K, KUWAIT. Operators Hamad/9K2HN, Marko/N5ZO, Faisal/9K2RR, Yaser/9k2YM,
Ahmad/9K2LT and Hamad/9K2RT will be active as 9K2HN during the CQ World
Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via
9K2HN (QRZ.com address).

9M2, WESTERN MALAYSIA. Operator Rich, G4ZFE, will be active as 9M2CNC
during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
Single-Band (20m??) entry. QSL via G4ZFE, LoTW, by the Bureau or direct.

AH2, GUAM. Members of the Guam Contest Club will be active as AH2R during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL
via JH7QXJ. Operators mentioned a Kuzamasa/JG3RPL, Toshinobu/JI3ERV,
Sato/JH7QXJ, Mikawa/JR7OMD and Masaki/JO1DFG. They suggest to "Please
listen to 7075-7100 carefully." DO NOT SEND QSLS to the KH2 address or
the Bureau, ONLY to the JARL Manager (via JARL ACCEPTED).

AO5, SPAIN (Polar Ship). A group of Spainish (EA5s) operators have obtained
permission to operate on board the polar research ship "Hesperides" in
Cartagena. The operation will take place from November 3-4th using the
callsign AO5URD. This activity will be valid for the Antarctic Challenge
as a polar ship.

AO8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators EA8AH, EA8CAC, EA8ZS, ES2RR, OH5XT, OH6XX
and OH9MM will be active as AO8A during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest
(October 27-28th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via EA8AH.

ARCTIC STATION. Operator Mikhail Fokin, RW1AI, is now active as R35NP from
the "North Pole 35" drifting station in the Arctic. He will remain there
until the summer of 2008. Current position is about 82N 101E in ITU Zone
75. Mike is running only 100 watts on 20, 30 and 40m both CW/SSB. QSL via
RW1AI, either by the bureau or direct to: Mikhail N.Fokin, P.O.Box 13,
St.Petersburg, 193312 RUSSIA. Logs (including his Antarctic operations
as R1AND, R1ANP, R1ANT, RW1AI/ANT) are available at:
http://www.qsl.net/ua1ake/logs/index.html

ANTARCTIC CRUISE/DXPEDITION. Mehdi, F5PFP, is organizing an Antarctic
cruise/DXpedition of 4 weeks with an appropriate and safe sailing boat
for January 2009. The trip will start in Ushuaia. Here are some the
islands that are scheduled to be visited:
1 - KING GEORGE Island: Macchu Picchu base, Station G (traces), Rep
del Ecuador, Comdt Ferraz, and Lenie field station.
2 - NELSON Island: Gurruchaga refuge
3 - GREENWICH Island: Maldonado refuge, Bahia Yankee refuge
4 - LIVINGSTON Island: Juan Carlos base, Shireff station
5 - DECEPCION Island: Station B (traces), Gabriel de Castrilla station.
6 - Probably 1 or 2 more islands depending on sailing conditions then
back to Ushuaia
At this stage Mehdi is searching for 5 passengers (amateur radio op
or not). If you are interested and for more details, send him an E-mail
at:

B1, CHINA. A Chinese team which includes Fan/BA1RB, Yongjian/BA1AJ, BG1AC,
Mok/BD1ES, BG1AI, Hongxiang/BD1LBE, Yue/BD1LBF and foreign operators
James/9V1YC, Richard/K5SF and Doc/VE2QV will be active as B1Z during the
CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Multi-Multi entry.
Activity will be on all bands including 160 meters.

CARIBBEAN TOUR (Update to OPDX.828). Alan, WQ5W, will be operating as
C6AQW from Treasure Cay, Abaco Island (NA-080), in the Bahamas from October
25-31st, from Dominica as J75W, November 21-28th and from Antigua as V25W,
November 30th-December 2nd. During his tour Alan will be active in a
couple of contests. As we mentioned in last week's bulletin, look for him
(as C6AQW) to be in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th)
while on Abaco Island as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)/Low-Power entry.
From Antigua (IOTA NA-100, Grid square FK97), Alan has reserved the special
callsign V25W and will be operating from the V26B superstation in the
northern part of the island. The primary purpose of this trip is to operate
in the ARRL 160M Contest (November 30th-December 2nd) as a High-Power
entry. Alan anticipates very little if any operation outside of the
contest on this trip. Alan says “This is a purely contest operation and
I hope to put the V2 multiplier in lots of logs during the contest.” From
Dominica (IOTA NA-101, Grid Square FK95), Alan will use the specially
issued callsign J75W for this and future DXpeditions to the beautiful
isle. The primary purpose of this trip is to operate as a Single-Op/
Single-Band (40m) entry in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November
24-25th). Alan currently holds the 40m North American record in CQWW CW
as ZF2TG in 1992 and hopes to break his own record during this operation.
His QTH will be on top of a cliff overlooking the Caribbean on the
northeast side of the island with a clear shot to EU, NA and Asia.
Alan says “When I was a teenager in the late 80’s I always wanted to go
to J7 to operate because it was a lot rarer then than it is now and looked
so beautiful. This trip will mark the realization of that dream and the
chance to beat my own NA 40M record in CQWW CW.” Outside of the contest
on C6 and J7, look for activity on all bands, especially on 160/80/30/17/12
meters, CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL all operations via WQ5W and LoTW. Logs will
be uploaded to LoTW throughout the expeditions and immediately following
its conclusion. Paper QSLs will also be available via WQ5W direct with
SASE or Greenstamp and via the bureau. Also, visit Alan's Blog at:
http://wq5w.blogspot.com/

CE0, EASTER ISLAND (SA-001). Operators Slaven/9A4X and Zdenko/9A5RR will
be active from here betweem October 23-31st. They are expected to be
active as CE0Y/9A4X on all bands. They will also sign as CC0Y during the
CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band
(15m) entry. QSL via 9A2AA.

CN, MOROCCO. Members of the UA2 Contest Club will be active during the
CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band
entry.
Andy/UA2FB - Active as CN2FB on 80 meters. QSL via CN2FB.
Vladimir/UA2FF - Active as CN2FF on 160 meters. QSL via CN2FF.
Victor/UA2FW - Active as CN2KT on 10 meters. QSL via CN2KT.

CQ9, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Operators CT3BD, CT3DL, CT3DZ, CT3EE, CT3EN, CT3HK,
CT3IA, CT3KU, CT3KY, CT3MD, CT1BOH, N6AA, W6NV, OH2KI, W6XD and AB6BH
will be active as CQ9K during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October
27-28th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via CQ9K.

CT3, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Jose, CT1BOH, will be active as CT3NT during the
CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 24-25th) as Single-Op/All-Band
entry. QSL via CT1BOH, direct or LoTW. Visit his Web page at:
http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh/ct3nt.htm

DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, reports that the following
operation is approved for DXCC credit:
3V8SS - Tunisia; 2007 operation
If you had cards rejected for this operation, please send an E-mail to
and you will be placed on the list for an update.

E2/HS, THAILAND (RAST - WARC bands authorized in new Amateur Radio Act).
The RAST announced this past week the following: "Thailand's Intermediate
and Advanced class radio amateurs are now permitted to operate on the
so-called WARC bands (10-, 18- and 24-MHz) as well as in windows in the
CW portion of the 80-metre (3.5-MHz) and 160-metre (1.8-MHz) bands on a
permanent basis. The authorization, granted in a new Act governing amateur
radio in Thailand by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC),
follows years of lobbying by the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST).
The details were published in the Royal Gazette on October 11, 2007,
becoming effective the following day." Thai stations can now use the
following frequencies: 160m - 1.800-1.825 MHz
80m - 3.500-3.540 MHz
30m - 10.100-10.150 MHz
17m - 18.068-18.168 MHz
12m - 24.890-24.990 MHz
No changes were made to the VHF bands, where 6-meters (50-54 MHz) and
1240 MHz are still off-limits and 430 MHz (70-cm) is authorized for
monitoring only, such as to listen to satellite downlinks. Two meters
(144-MHz) is channelized and minor amendments were made to repeater
allocations. The full 37-page announcement of the NTC's Amateur Radio
Act of 2007 is published in the Thai-language on the web at:
http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DA...0/E/152/10.PDF
The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand, which is under the Royal
Patronage of His Majesty the King, will make an unofficial translation
available soon as well as explaining some of the points in more detail
at its website: http://www.qsl.net/rast

FM, MARTINIQUE. Mike, K9NW, will be active as FM/K9NW in the CQWW DX
SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. He will
be active on the island between October 24-29th. QSL via K9NW.

FRACAP CONVENTION. Jorge, TG9AAJ, CRAG President (Club de Radio Aficionados
de Guatemala), announces that the next FRACAP (Federacion de Radio
Aficionados de Centro America y Panama) Convention will be hosted once
again in the beautiful city of Antigua in Guatemala from November 23-25th.
For details please visit the Web page at: http://www.fracap.org/
Also, if interested in attending the convention, please contact Jorge via
E-mail at:

FS, ST. MARTIN. Paul, K1XM, will be active as FS/K1XM during the CQ World
Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Look
for him to be active a few days before the contest (probably Tuesday or
Wednesday), possibly on all bands. QSL via KQ1F.

FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Operators F1HAR, F5HRY, F5MZN, F6FGZ, F6FVY and FY5FY
will be active as FY5KE during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October
27-28th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via FY5KE.

HR, HONDURAS. Dan, HR2DMR, is expected to be active in the CQ World Wide
DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
He will be using monobander antennas. QSL via HR2DMR.

HS35, THAILAND. The 35th SEANET Convention will take place in Thailand's
fourth-largest city, the northern town of Lampang, from November 8-11th.
Activity includes a traditional wedding ceremony on elephant-back, visits
to hot springs, a tour of a power-generating plant, sight-seeing tours and
a northern Thai feast along with a welcome dinner. Then there will be the
grand gala dinner on Saturday evening and the technical session on Sunday
morning featuring, among other things, an account of the 3B7C St Brandon
DXpedition. Also, look for special event station HS35SEA to be on the air
from the Wienglakor Hotel during the event. Complete details can be found
at: http://www.sabah.net.my/seanet/seanet_2007.htm

IOTA NEWS................................
AS-040. Look for JA6QIN/6 to be active from four different islands
in the Goto Island Group between November 5-7th. Islands
mentioned a Arifuku, Wakamatsu, Zuga and Nakadori (all in
the JA6 Nagasaki Pref). Activity will be on the HF bands.
QSL to his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

NA-041. Rick, K6VVA, will once again activate Revillagigedo Island
(USI AK141S, WW Loc. CO45IP, 1st South Eastern County, Alaska).
Activity will take place during the ARRL 160m Contest (November
30th-December 2nd). He will be operating as KL8C, and he also
hopes to be active on the other bands as K6VVA/KL7 again as
during his September (2007) operation (QSLs are being printed -
QSL via N6AWD). Rick mentions that the operating QTH has a
great over-salt-water path to the U.S. and much of Europe,
although his conditions in September were not good for EU.
There is a big hill in the direction of JA, so Rick may try to
operate from the other side of the Island with a clear shot to
JA for a while during the daytime/non-160m hours (if not this
trip, then the next time).

NA-069. Look for Bren, G4DYO, (ex-editor for the DX News Sheet) to
be active as W4/G4DYO from Captiva Island for few hours on
November 16th. Activity will be on 20 meters.

OH0, ALAND ISLANDS. Operator Przemek, SP7VC, will be active as OH0/SP7VC
during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
All-Band entry. QSL via SP7VC.

P3, CYPRUS. Russian operators Alexey/RA1AIP, Sandy/RW4WR, Tony/RX9TL,
Jack/RW3QC, Igor/UA2FZ and Harry/RA3AUU will be active as P33W during
the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Multi-Single
entry. QSL via RA3AUU.

PJ4, NETHERLAND ANTILLES. By the time you read this, Kelly, N0VD, should
be active as PJ4/N0VD. Kelly will be on Bonaire (SA-006) from October
18-30th, and will participate as part of the PJ4E team as a Multi/2 effort
during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th). QSL to N0VD for
all PJ4/N0VD QSOs. For PJ4E QSOs, please QSL direct only to WA4PGM.

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
QSL ROUTES by Johannes/DK8JB and Tedd/KB8NW:
A41NC via A47RS CE1W via HA1AG
AM5SP via EC5SP GB50RFR via M0CNP
AN6AQF via EB6AQF II050SCOUT via IK0DWN and LoTW

GOLIST QSL MANAGER DATABASE HELP NEEDED. John, K1XN, from the GoList
informs: "During my QSL Manager confirmation process, I have accum-
alated a list of QSL Managers for which I could not find a published
E-mail address, or the E-mail address that I found is not valid and
bounces mail. Listed below are some of those QSL Managers that I am
having problems with. I hope that maybe they will read this message
and take the time to update their E-mail address on QRZ.com or send
them to me direct at: "
T91S TI8AA UA3DX UA9LP UR7VA UT2FA
TA1KB TU2CI UA3PM UA9UDX UR8LV UT5SI
TA2IR UA0KCL UA4CC UR4PWL UR8UC UT7WZ
TA4KA UA0LCZ UA4CDV UR5KGG US0YW UT8AL
TF3MM UA1PAC UA4WW UR7IA UT0AZA UT8AS
TI4SU UA3DX UA6XT UR7UT UT1FG UX2HO

OJ0B QSLS. OPDX was asked to find out about the OJ0B QSL status, so
we contacted Martti, OH2BH, and here is what he said: "Yes, here we
come....OJ0B was activated twice this past summer, August and again
in September, with some 27,000 QSOs. Both operations were combined
together after the September outing and the number of cards needed
was determined. All our cards are printed in Poland, and they will be
shipped to us at the end of this coming week. We should be able to
get all direct cards out by November 15th. We have noticed that many
envelopes from U.S. stations have been submitted with one U.S. dollar
bill. This matter in now under consideration. If we mail them directly
we would subsidize each envelope from our own pocket although we know
that sending those cards via bureau network would not make anyone happy.
In the meantime, we had just last week released 170 pounds (83 kg) of
DX QSL cards, mainly to U.S., Canada and Japan (ed. Bureaus) for variety
of our operations over the past two years with the hopes that this
investment would still be worth while. We see lot of cards returned
with the note 'this person is not accepting QSL cards' and/or is
'not member of national society' thus the rational for confirming
each QSO through the bureau is in doubt.... Best Regards, Martti, OH2BH"

QSL MANAGER CHANGE. QSL Manager Franz, DL3PS, will be leaving Germany,
so as of November 1st, all QSL cards for VE3ZIK, 9A/VE3ZIK, T9/VE3ZIK,
XM3ZIK and 4N1DX will be via DO7ZZ. The German Bureau is OK.

QSLS VIA LOTW: (None reported this week!)

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3B7SP, 3D2ER, A45WD, AP2TN, CO2OJ, KG4IZ,
KG4MO, PZ5RA, R1FJT, T30ONM, T77C, T77NM, VP8ROT, VQ9LA, VR10UW,
XX9TTR and ZA/DL1RTL

SO6, POLAND. KRIS, SP6DVP (ex-3Z6V), will be active as SO6V during the CQ
World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band
(40m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via SP6DVP, by the Bureau or direct (QRZ.com
SP6DVP and 3Z6V).

V2, ANTIGUA. Team Antigua will once again be active from the warm Caribbean
sunshine as V26B during the 2007 CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October
27-28th) competition. The operators will be mostly preparing the station
starting on or about October 22nd, and will probably be active through
October 30th, using their own callsigns as assigned by the Antiguian
Licensing Authority. This year Team Antigua welcomes two new operators
to their family. They a Tom/NI1N and Kam/N3KS. They currently do not
have any V2 callsigns assigned to them, but when they do their QSL routes
will be via their own home callsigns (w/SASE). Please look for the
following operators (w/QSL routes - please SASEs) to be active outside
of the contest: V26B via KA2AEV V26CW via KM9M
V26BA via WA3RHW V26JN via WX3B
V26BZR via W2BZR V26OC via N3OC

V8, BRUNEI. Mohammad, V8AQM, will be active during the CQ World Wide DX
SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/Low-Power
entry. QSL via W3HNK.

VU, INDIA. Operator Prasad, VU2PTT, will be active during the CQ World
Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power
entry. QSL via VU2PTT.

XU, CAMBODIA. A group of Belgian and Finnish operators will be active
from here between October 20th and November 5th. Activity will be on
the following suggested frequencies: 1825, 3507, 7003, 10104, 14007,
21007, 24897 and 28020 kHz. An emphasis will be on the lower bands. The
team is expected to sign XU7MDY during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest
(October 27-28th) as a Single-Band (not mentioned) entry. ALL QSLS are
direct ONLY. Look for the following operators (w/QSL routes) outside
the contest: XU7MDY via OH4MDY XU7AJV via ON4AJV
XU7JGE via OH4JGE XU7TZG via ON7PP

XW. LAOS. The 425 DX Bulletin reports that Alex, RK3DT, will once again
be active as XW3DT between October 25th and November 6th. QSL via:
Alex Sinchukov, P.O. Box 11, GPO, Hong Kong.

YM, TURKEY. Operator Ozer, TA2RC, will be active as YM0T during the CQ
World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band
(160m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via the TA Bureau or direct to TA2RC.

YO, ROMANIA. Jean-Michel, F6AJA, will once again be active as YO/F6AJA
from Bucarest between October 27th and November 2nd. Activity will be
limited to his free time. Operations will be from the YO3KPA club station.

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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:27:37 GMT, Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)
wrote:



OJ0B QSLS. OPDX was asked to find out about the OJ0B QSL status, so
we contacted Martti, OH2BH, and here is what he said: "Yes, here we
come....OJ0B was activated twice this past summer, August and again
in September, with some 27,000 QSOs. Both operations were combined
together after the September outing and the number of cards needed
was determined. All our cards are printed in Poland, and they will be
shipped to us at the end of this coming week. We should be able to
get all direct cards out by November 15th. We have noticed that many
envelopes from U.S. stations have been submitted with one U.S. dollar
bill. This matter in now under consideration. If we mail them directly
we would subsidize each envelope from our own pocket although we know
that sending those cards via bureau network would not make anyone happy.
In the meantime, we had just last week released 170 pounds (83 kg) of
DX QSL cards, mainly to U.S., Canada and Japan (ed. Bureaus) for variety
of our operations over the past two years with the hopes that this
investment would still be worth while. We see lot of cards returned
with the note 'this person is not accepting QSL cards' and/or is
'not member of national society' thus the rational for confirming
each QSO through the bureau is in doubt.... Best Regards, Martti, OH2BH"

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In this situation, it would seem to make sense, at least with respect
to USA/Canada cards, to send all of the made out cards in their
envelopes in a bulk package to a USA manager, who could then put 41
cent stamps on them and send them as domestic mail. I once did this
for an unnamed DX station in a country that did not accept IRCs. He
sent me a big bulk envelope and a bunch of IRCs, and I re mailed them
for him. I actually came out ahead a little.

The lesson of this is that with the US Dollar dropping like a stone in
value, a dollar just does not go as far as it used to. I usually
enclose $2 and lately, sometimes $3. Yes, maybe I send too much, but
there are a lot of expenses of sending out a QSL card beyond the
postage.