Please
QSL DIRECT ONLY: (no LoTW or eQSL)
c/o Paul
Evans, 15 Watch Knob Lane,
Swannanoa, NC 28778, USA |
Please,
DO NOT send to the 8P (ARSB), VP9 (RSB), W4 (ARRL), EI (IRTS) or
G (RSGB) bureaux. You will not
receive a reply.
IRCs:
Please,
after
October 2013 do NOT send IRCs. Please include US$2
to help defray expenses.
UK
to terminate IRCs. IRCs
(International Reply Coupons) - it takes MASSIVE effort (yes, nearly 45
minutes!) to get the USPS to exchange these as they are required to by
membership of the UPU. Print this
document and take it with you to the
USPS Post Office nearest you! The USPS no longer sells IRCs online
or in offices.
Other IRC links: G3SWH W9OL N6DHZ
The best way to make sure
your return envelope gets back to you
osQSL - QSL Software Design
QSL and Logging software design
When you next design your cards, remember:
- If your card is two sided, make
sure your call is clearly printed on BOTH sides. Flipping the card can sometimes cause mistakes.
- Make your date and time format standard (ISO8601):
yyyy-mm-dd e.g. 2024-11-21
and
time e.g. 09:15Z
- Make sure your band is in frequency (MHz) and
not in wavelength (metres)!
- Head your columns with yyyy-mm-dd; UTC (not GMT!); MHz (not Band), RST and Mode in that order
- Do
not place anything of a religious nature on your card (quotes, images, locations, clubs, etc.). They will not be answered. That means anything Christian, Muslim, Jewish, etc. That includes anything, including pictures, in the so-called "Holyland".
- Don't place anything of a political nature on your card (inc. such things as National Rifle Assoc., etc.).
- Don't place anything of an overtly nationalistic or overly patriotic nature on your card.
If you don't do this, it is easy
for QSL managers to make mistakes or for recipients to be offended.
If
your logging software outputs metres without an option for MHz, request
that your software writer includes this in their next release.
QSLs - Why no
IRCs?
Discussion amongst many DXers in NA/SA have shown that the USPS is
making it VERY hard to encash IRCs since
2007-01-02.
QSLs
- Why SAE?
Always
send a
self addressed envelope it makes returning a QSL to you
VERY easy and VERY much less prone to errors.
Senders
address on the top left of the envelope. If you put your own it will
freak out the USPS (since 2001-09-11 they delay or destroy many sent
this way).
I
have my own stampers and if you put your
address there, I will just have to black it out anyway.
It
makes life much easier if you
include a self-adhesive envelope,
rather than one with gum.
It saves those tongue paper cuts
which are truly awful. Buy a supply of them. Other DX stations will
love you for it.
QSLs
- Why so much money? [Sending to everywhere outside the USA is
now $1.50 per
envelope]
The cost (at the lowest price possible) of a full colour QSL card
is
US$0.08. If you send
US$2 and SAE it helps a lot!!!!
Sending one from
VP9
costs well
in excess of US$2. A very complex calculator for USA mailing
can be found here.
QSLs
- Why no bureau?
I'm not a member of a Society which receives & sends bureau
cards.
Electronic "QSLs" -
Why no
eQSL, LoTW, QRZ.com or ClubLog?
I signed on to eQSL, but there were too many people trying to falsely
claim QSOs, so I dropped it. LoTW registration from outside the USA
seemed
impossible to achieve. I tried and gave up in frustration.
Likewise, claims on QRZ.com (for their awards) and ClubLog are
not accepted. Besides,
these aren't really "QSLs", so I changed my philosophy and abandoned
these electronic means.
I do NOT send "e-mail" cards; images of front and back of card attached to an e-mail message.
QSLs -
Why are none sent out from me without getting one first?
I gave up DX chasing at
least 20 years ago. If you want a card, you'll
get one, but I don't send any out unless I receive one first.
Thank
you.
QSL cards
are printed and being shipped direct.
They do not look exactly
like the image shown above.
Postage
Rates from the USA
After 2024-07-14
(Sunday)
International
(inc. Canada &
Mexico):
US$1.65
USA: US$0.73
USA Postcard: US$0.56 [I do not send
or receive this way]
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