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THE ARRL OUTGOING QSL SERVICE
Note: The ARRL QSL Service should not be used to exchange QSL
cards within the 48 contiguous states.
One of the greatest bargains of League membership is being
able to use the ARRL Outgoing QSL Service to conveniently
send your DX QSL cards overseas to foreign QSL Bureaus. Your
ticket for using this service is your QST address label and just
$2.00 per pound. For those not quite so DX active (sending 10
cards or fewer), enclose $1.00. You can't even get a deal like
that at your local warehouse supermarket! And the
potential savings over the substantial cost of individual
QSLing is equal to many times the price of your annual dues.
Your cards are sorted promptly by the Outgoing Service staff,
and cards are on their way overseas usually within a week
of arrival at ARRL Hq. Approximately two million cards are
handled by the Service each year!
QSL cards are shipped to QSL Bureaus throughout the world,
which are typically maintained by the national Amateur Radio
Society of each county. While no cards are sent to individuals
or individual QSL managers, keep in mind that what you might lose
in speed is more than made up in the convenience and savings of
not having to address and mail QSL cards separately. (In the
case of DXpeditions and/or active DX stations that use U.S. QSL
managers, a better approach is to QSL directly to the QSL
manager. The various DX newsletters, the W6GO QSL manager
directory, and other publications, are good sources of up-to-
date QSL manager information.)
As postage costs become increasingly prohibitive, don't go
broke before you're even halfway towards making DXCC. There's a
better and cheaper way -- "QSL VIA BURO" through the ARRL
outgoing QSL Service!
How To Use The ARRL Outgoing QSL Service
1) Presort your DX QSLs alphabetically by parent call-sign prefix
(AP, C6, CE, DL, ES, F, G, JA, LY, PY, YL, 5N, 9Y and so on).
NOTE: Some countries have a parent prefix and use additional
prefixes, i.e., CE (parent prefix) = XQ, 3G,... . When sorting
countries that have multiple prefixes, keep that country's
prefixes grouped together in your alphabetical stack. Addresses
are not required. DO NOT separate the country prefix by use of
paper clips, rubber bands, slips of paper or envelopes.
2) Enclose the address label from your current copy of QST. The
label shows that you are a current ARRL member.
3) Members (including foreign and QSL managers) should enclose
payment of $2.00 per each pound of cards -- approximately 150
cards weigh one pound. A package of ten (10) cards or fewer costs
only $1.00. Please pay by check (or money order) and write your
callsign on the check. Send "green stamps" (cash) at your own risk.
DON'T send postage stamps or IRCs. (DXCC credit cannot be used towards
the QSL Service fee.)
4) Include only the cards, address label and check in the
package. Wrap the package securely and address it to the
ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, 225 Main Street, Newington CT
06111.
5) Family members may also use the service by enclosing their
QSLs with those of the primary member. Include the
appropriate fee with each individual's cards and indicate
"family membership" on the primary member's QST address
label.
6) Blind members who do not receive QST need only include the
appropriate fee along with a note indicating the cards are
from a blind member.
7) ARRL affiliated-club stations may use the service when
submitting club QSLs by indicating the club name. Club
secretaries should check affiliation papers to ensure that
affiliation is current. In addition to sending club station
QSLs through this service, affiliated clubs may also "pool"
their members' individual QSL cards to effect an even
greater savings. Each club member using this service must
also be a League member. Cards should be sorted "en masse"
by prefix, and a QST label enclosed for each ARRL member.
Recommended QSL-Card Dimensions
The efficient operation of the worldwide system of QSL Bureau
requires that cards be easy to handle and sort. Cards of unusual
dimensions, either much larger or much smaller than normal, slow
the work of the Bureaus, most of which is done by unpaid
volunteers. A review of the cards received by the ARRL
Outgoing QSL Service indicates that most fall in the following
range: Height = 2-3/4 to 4-1/4 in. (70 to 110 mm), Width = 4-
3/4 to 6-1/4 in. (120 to 160 mm). Cards in this range can be
easily sorted, stacked and packaged. Cards outside this
range create problems; in particular, the larger cards
often cannot be handled without folding or otherwise damaging
them. In the interest of efficient operation of the worldwide
QSL Bureau system, it is recommended that cards entering the
system be limited to the range of dimensions given. [Note:
IARU Region 2 has suggested the following dimensions as
optimum: Height 3 1/2 in. (90 mm), Width 5 1/2 in. (140 mm).]
Countries Not Served By The Outgoing QSL Service
Approximately 260 DXCC countries are served by the ARRL
Outgoing QSL Service, as detailed in the ARRL DXCC Countries
List. This includes nearly every active country. As noted
previously, cards are forwarded from the ARRL Outgoing
Service to a counterpart Bureau in each of these countries.
In some cases, there is no Incoming Bureau in a particular
country and cards therefore cannot be forwarded. However, QSL
cards can be forwarded to a QSL manager, i.e.; 3C1MB via (EA7KF).
The ARRL Outgoing Service cannot forward cards to the following
countries:
A5 Bhutan
A6 United Arab Emirates
C9 Mozambique
D2 Angola
EP Iran
ET Ethiopia
J5 Guinea-Bissau
KC4 U.S. bases in Antarctica
KC6 Belau
KH0 Mariana Is.
KH1 Baker and Howland Is.
KH4 Midway I.
KH5 Palmyra and Jarvis Is.
KH7 Kure I.
KH8 Am. Samoa
KH9 Wake I.
KP1 Navassa I.
KP5 Desecheo I.
OD Lebanon
P5 North Korea
S2 Bangladesh
S7 Seychelles
T2 Tuvalu
T3 Kiribati
T5 Somalia
TJ Cameroon
TL Central African Republic
TN Congo
TT Chad
TY Benin
TZ Mali
V4 (VP2K) St. Kitts & Nevis
V6 (KC6) Micronesia
VP2M Montserrat
VR6 Pitcairn Island
XT Burkina Faso
XU Kampuchea
XW Laos
XX9 Macao
XZ (1Z) Myanmar (Burma)
YA Afghanistan
ZD7 St. Helena
ZD9 Tristan da Cunha
ZK3 Tokelau
3C0 Pagalu I.
3C Equatorial Guinea
3V Tunisia
3W, XV Vietnam
3X Guinea
5A Libya
5H Tanzania
5R Madagascar
5T Mauritania
5U Niger
5X Uganda
70,4W Yemen
7Q Malawi
8Q Maldives
9G Ghana
9N Nepal
9Q Zaire
9U Burundi
9X Rwanda
Addtional information:
SWL cards can be forwarded through the QSL Service.
We no longer hold cards for countries with no Incoming Bureau.
Only cards indicating a QSL manager for a station in these particular
countries will be forwarded.
The Outgoing QSL Service CANNOT forward stamps, IRCs or "green stamps"
(cash) to the foreign QSL bureaus.
MSD-235 (0594)