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How the VE/VA6 Bureau Works
Bureaus and other QSL senders from all over the world ship cards to us the
cheapest and therefore the slowest way possible. We then sort them
and mail them to you (if you have funds on hand at the bureau).
Our objective is to mail cards once a quarter (this is dependent on receipt of cards from the
national incoming bureau) to those clients who have 3 cards or more and have
funds on file. We also do a year end clearing (coordinated
with receipt of a National Bureau clearing) where we'll
send 1 card or more to those who have funds on file. Client's funds on hand at the old bureau have
been transferred to the new bureau as well as all the cards.
Typical time from QSO to receipt of a card
via the bureau is a
minimum of 1 year.
This is a long process with many volunteers in the chain, plus
mail delays that arise from postal systems that are a little
less efficient than ours.
Cards are received from many sources:
- The Canadian National Incoming QSL Bureau (most volume
here)
- Other Country's Outgoing Bureaus
directly
- QSL Services
- QSL Managers
- Individual hams and SWLs
At the VE/VA6 bureau, all cards are received by "The
Bureau Chief", Rich VE6AX who sorts the cards based on the first
letter of the suffix. These sorted cards are then passed to
the "Letter Managers" (who? see home
page) to be sorted to
the individual operators callsigns. The cards for those who
have a funds balance at the bureau are then packaged, labeled and
mailed. Cards for those who don't have a balance on hand are
held for at least 12 months pending receipt of mailing funds and if no
funds are received, these cards may be
returned to the sender via the RAC Outgoing QSL Bureau
marked UNDELIVERABLE. If you don't EVER want bureau cards,
please let your letter manager know and he'll return your
cards to the sender upon receipt.
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