I have added a page on the top menu under “How to QSL” drop down to explain OQRS and how to use it. This should be your first place to go if you are unsure how to use our OQRS tools.
This an integrated on-line bespoke Log search, OQRS and QSL Manager application. It offers useful tools for DXer’s, DXpeditions and strongly supports the QSL manager’s workload, automating the most time consuming QSL’ing processes.
Below I share some useful Tips & Tricks about the front-end user interface.
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Author - Tim Beaumont
I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas to all DX’ers.
Thank you to all the DX’pedition Teams that i have worked closely with over the past year. Thank you to the OQRS Development Team that continue to innovate and bring us the very best in tools and features that everyone demands. Thank you to BarclayJames our IT partner. Also to all the UK QSL Managers that work with us to bring you the QSL cards that are requested. Merry Christmas to all, may 2020 bring lots of sunspots and DX!
OQRS remains open 24/7. All QSL inquiries should be sent using the OQRS & “Not in Log” button.
Together with our UK QSL partners we have sent 39,304 Bureau cards to World IARU Bureaus in 2019.
Please keep sending us your old out of date IRC’s so that we can keep our QSL Bureau open. Thank you!
This following Blog entry was written by Charles, M0OXO. It is something that we talk regularly about, because the way we are spoken to, can have an effect on us, as people, and how we deal with your comments.
“After a series of emails this week and many more in months gone by, I have to ask myself how educated we are and how would we expect our behaviour to be perceived by others? Many emails are ‘open’ emails and when I say ‘open’, I mean they have no greeting, no ‘Hello’, no ‘please’ and no ‘thank you’.
Whilst I do this work, should I expect people to be like this or should I expect more? They send emails that just have the open questions such as ;
‘I am not in your log but you are in mine, why?’
‘My card never arrived why?’
‘When will log be on LOTW?’
‘When will log be on LOTW?’
Now before we start by suggesting that the language barrier is an excuse, well I’m sorry. If you can write the above message in English (even with the help of ‘Google Translate’), then I am pretty sure you can be courteous too?
What is wrong with people? What is missing?
‘Hi Tim…’, ‘Hello OM..’, ‘Hi……’ would be a good start and what about ‘Please’ or even ‘Thank you’?
Your Call sign would be a huge help and what about a Name, I have one and I assume you do too?
I get really upset by these emails that just seem to get worse and worse, quite often leading to me questioning myself, ‘should I continue in this job?’
Respect is earned, I get that but there is no excuse for no manners.
People can be arrogant, ignorant or even nice, I wonder which category you would like to be in?”
Last QSL card posting before Christmas is today, Thursday 12th December. The next posting day will be just after Christmas.
OQRS will be open 24/7 for all your QSL requests.
Donate your old out of date IRC’s to United Radio QSL Bureau!
If you have old out of date IRC’s please do not throw them out! You can donate them to our Outgoing QSL Bureau.
We will return these OLD IRC’s to the UPU in exchange for stamps. You can help by donating your old out of date IRC’s and sending them to us.
Thank you very much in advance for your donations of OLD IRCs. All money raised will be used to support our Bureau service.
Please post your old, out of date IRC’s to:
Tim Beaumont,
83 Limbrick Avenue,
Tile Hill, Coventry,
West Midlands CV4 9EX
ENGLAND
South Orkney Island DX-pedition
Press Release #8 By K5GS, Gene Spinelli
For Immediate Release- Press Release #8 – Dec. 3, 2019
South Orkney Islands DX-pedition VP8/VP8DXU (AN-008)
Team Staffing
We’re sorry to report that Dave WD5COV had to leave the project, replacing Dave is:
Alan Cheshire VK6CQ
Originally from Scotland, Alan has lived in Perth, Western Australia for many years and was first licensed as G4EEL in 1975 whilst studying for his commercial Merchant Marine Radio Officer ticket. He holds degrees in Physics & Telecoms Engineering and is a consultant telecom engineer in the offshore oil and gas industry. Read More
After eleven years using Joomla CMS for publishing my web content which has been an integral part of my QSL Management System it became apparent that it was time to upgrade the Joomla platform. The problem being that Joomla is becoming increasingly difficult and more costly to upgrade to newer versions. Some features of the site would clearly have to be redesigned or rebuilt. Also our Online QSL Request System is written using the latest PHP versions which my old Joomla version cannot work with.So after discussing this with my IT guys at BarclayJames it was clear that the most cost effective way to go forward was to migrate the site to WordPress. Many thanks to James for the work to migrate the site, and for his advice and support which has been vital to the continued work here at United Radio QSL Bureau.
So welcome to my new web page!
QSL ONLY Via M0URX – United Radio QSL Management Bureau
*OQRS (Online QSL Request System)
* Direct QSL: Please enclose US$4 and a SAE. No IRCs or coins – Thank you
LoTW uploaded for all Direct QSL requests.
* Bureau cards : via OQRS ONLY
Please do not send YOUR QSL card via the Bureau
Bureau cards will be sent after 1 year.
Tim Beaumont
83 Limbrick Avenue Tile Hill Coventry
West Midlands
CV4 9EX
ENGLAND UK
Just an update after a very busy time. While TX7T Marquesas DXpedition is over and the team members are making their way home I thought i would just give you an update as to where we are.
OQRS is open for all TX7T QSL requests. LoTW is being uploaded for all Direct QSL requests several times a day automatically, you do not need to send me emails. Our OQRS does the work not me!
Busted or Missing from the log? What you need to do is use the “Not in log?” button. Please use the facility provided it makes life easier for me and for you. Emails will not be responded to if you have not used the tools supplied on OQRS. I do have some sections of the log that show incorrect band and mode, so i cannot upload to LoTW the full log until this has been corrected.
FT8 / 4 logs have been as expected causing us some problems again with WSJT not logging about 1 out of 10 QSOs completed with “RR73” Again…. Please DO NOT email me, USE the “Not In Log?” button. Your inquiry will be sent to my work queue for manually checking. I have all FoxQSO and all.txt files from WSJT. I just need your patience while this is done. I have once again taken some serious abuse from DX’ers which is NOT acceptable, although these people that abuse are in the minority they simply have no understanding of the complexity of the problems that DXpeditions face with this matter. The teams are feeding back to WSJT their findings and it is a software still in development and DXpeditions testing the software is an all important feature of that development. FT8 /4 IS a game changer for DXpeditions particularly in low sunspot cycle.
Please understand the dropped contacts are not caused by the team or the QSL manager.
H40TT Temotu – Rob and Grant are on their way home as i type this update. There was no cellphone signal to transmit logs from the Island> They have arrived at Brisbane airport where they were able to send me the final log. This has been uploaded to OQRS.
Log issues must be recorded on “Not In Log?” Button and NOT sent by email. Thank you
5U9AMO Niger– QSL cards were posted out on Thursday 28th for all direct QSLs received up to date.
When using OQRS please can i remind you that you MUST enter all QSO details correctly BEFORE you press proceed to PayPal, some of you are using Back Page on the browser whilst requesting QSL Please do not do this! You have to complete the OQRS correctly.
Please stand by for further updates soon.