Author - Tim Beaumont

Bureau Posting September 2020

1 September 2020
QSL cards have been posted to 85 World Bureaus – Tuesday September 1st, 2020
This mailing is a joint mailing between M0OXO Charles & M0URX Tim. (Thanks Chris G1VDP)
I would very much appreciate feedback from you when the QSL cards start arriving at World Bureaus or received by hams around the world? 
This mailing had been delayed due to Covid-19 restrictions. The cost of air freight for this mailing is considerably higher due to the lack of air freight capacity at this time.
The parcels are sent by Priority Business Mail to get to the Bureaus quickly.
Total amount of QSL cards dispatched: 25,891
Via M0URX 6,521,  Via M0OXO 18,462, Via MD0CCE 597, Via G4IRN 149, Via G4ZIB 162
Total Weight 90,253g (gross weight includes packaging)
Total Shipping Cost £623 – £6.90 per kg.
Average postage cost 2.4p per QSL card.
S5 Slovenia Parcel received by Milos S54G – S5 incoming QSL MNGR. 09/09/2020
LZ Bulgaria Parcel received 10/09/2020
YU Serbia received 12/09/2020
Russia received 15/09/2020
ARRL Area 9  – Cards reported being delivered 18/09/2020
HS Thailand received 20/09/2020
Brazil – Box returned 20/03/2021 “UNCLAIMED” No route to Brazil Bureau.
This Bureau mailing was sponsored by the call signs listed below.
Thank you everyone.
K3LU, N1ADX, K5YY, WB7BWS, AA6DY, K0DEQ, K2SLZ, K4BAI, K4RX, K5KG, K7VC, K8PT, KE0A, KH2L, N4TOL, NA5DX, NS9X, W0CVF, W1TC, W3FF, W3UR, W4DR, W6TMD, W7DGP, W7UT, W8GEX, W8UVZ, W9VA, WA9JWL, WB4DNL, WB6JJJ, R1A-644, G4IUF, K5YY KC3RT, JA2NQG, N2ZN, WK2Y, W3UR

If anyone wishes to make a donation to the costs of bureau shipments, you can do when you request a QSL and use the donation facility on OQRS.

 

VK8NSB QSL Route

28 August 2020
A large pile of QSL cards for VK8NSB has turned up at WIA in Australia. Unfortunately Stuie is NOT a member of WIA or RSGB so these QSL cards cannot be received.  
QSL Information for VK8NSB is clear QSL Via OQRS only. 
Please do not send Stuie Bureau cards as they will not be received. 
Before ANY QSL cards are requested Via Bureau you should always check the QSL route.
Thank you

Welcome to TI5/N3KS & TI7W

22 August 2020

Welcome to the United Radio QSL Bureau to TI5/N3KS, Kam and also for TI7W contest station. Kam has asked me to take over as QSL manger for his call signs in Costa Rica.
Logs will be available on OQRS very soon on the links below.
TI5/N3KS – OQRS & Log search. TI7W  – OQRS & Log search.
QSL cards are being printed and will be available for direct from early September.

10/10/10 Award PJ4TEN

16 August 2020

PJ4TEN is a special event station active during October 2020 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of “10/10/10” – October 10th, 2010. On that date the former country of the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved and Bonaire became a ‘special municipality’ of the Netherlands. As a result, Bonaire became a new DXCC entity on that date. 

To mark the 10th anniversary, Bonaire’s radio amateurs are organising a month-long operating event. A PDF award will be available to those who achieve 10 points by making contacts with PJ4 stations during October. 

Rules:
1. A total of 10 points are required.
2. A contact with PJ4TEN is worth 2 points.
3. A contact with any other PJ4 station is worth 1 point.
4. Exception: on the exact anniversary, between 0000UTC and 2359UTC on Saturday October 10th, all PJ4 stations count 2 points.
5. All stations may be worked more than once on different bands and / or modes for additional points. Example: QSOs with PJ4TEN on 14MHz SSB and 7MHz FT8, and with PJ4NX on 14MHz CW and 7MHz FT8, would count a total of 6 points (2+2+1+1). However, if all those QSOs took place on 10/10/20 a total of 8 points would be scored (2+2+2+2).
6. Only contacts made between 0000UTC on October 1st and 2359UTC on October 31st count towards the Bonaire 10/10/10 Award.
7. There is no fee and no QSLs are required.
8. To apply: send a list of contacts made, stating the date, time (UTC), band and mode to: [email protected]
9. The award is also available to SWLs on a ‘heard’ basis. For each contact logged, please list at least two stations with which the PJ4 station was in contact.

The following is a list of all currently-licensed Bonaire stations:
PJ4BZL (Berry)
PJ4DX (Steve)
PJ4EVA (Eva)
PJ4GR (Gerard)
PJ4KY (Bert)
PJ4NG (Noah)
PJ4NX (Peter)
PJ4RF (Rinse)
PJ4TEN (special event station)
PJ4/DC7MO (Monika)
PJ4/DL1COP (Holger)
PJ4/PE1NMB (Erwin, awaiting full PJ4 callsign)
Other PJ4 callsigns may also be active during the month.

5Z4VJ QSL Preview

13 August 2020

G3AB, Andy has now received his new call sign 5Z4VJ for Nairobi, Kenya. QSL cards are being printed. OQRS will be open shortly.

OQRS will be open shortly on this link. 5Z4VJ

 

5Z4/G3AB QSL Preview

7 August 2020

A new 5Z4/G3AB QSL is in the print room for Andy’s activity in Nairobi, Kenya. Thank you Max ON5UR for the QSL design.
5Z4/G3AB Log search
Please remember that log uploads may be sporadic. Always check the “Last QSO date and time” in the log search.
Andy has now received his new call sign 5Z4VJ and QSL cards are being printed. OQRS will be open shortly.

 

VP8PJ Memento – Thank you

17 July 2020

Thank you to the VP8PJ team for the lovely plaque memento received in the post today in recognition and appreciation for the work of “log and QSL management of VP8PJ” Thank you.

Post Costs Hit

12 July 2020
This month many post companies around the world are implementing further substantial increases on International post as the effects of Covid-19 hit the aviation industry heavily. It was only a matter of time, the big airlines have cancelled many flights and many aircraft are still in storage as the airlines cut costs by cutting routes.
What all this means is that the available air freight capacity is seriously reduced and what capacity that is available commands a higher premium. For the past few months postal companies have absorbed that extra cost but now that is being past on to customers. I am seeing an increase between 10% and 15% on letters, and 100% on parcels, depending on the route, with the highest rises to the USA & Japan.
I will continue to monitor this in the coming months.

Post Delays Update

3 July 2020

As of July 3rd VP8PJ cards mailed on May 21st are still being received. Apparently, some postal services were seriously impacted by the Covid-19 lock-downs.
Please be patient for your mail delivery provider to deliver your QSL cards, this is out of our control at this time. You will get the QSL. Thank you.

Still waiting? If you go to VP8PJ log search, Search for your call sign and click “Request QSL” you will see the status of your QSL request.
Direct QSL & OQRS Direct should all be marked as “SENT”