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The outgoing QSL service is available to CARS members only.

Before sending the cards please ensure:

  • Where appropriate, you have written the QSL Manager's callsign clearly on your QSL card. This is an important step to ensure correct routing of your QSLs. You can use the following resources (and others) to check QSL manager details:
    - QRZ.COM
    - IK3QAR
  • Do not enclose QSLs for stations who only QSL direct - details may be found in the above resources.
  • Unless a station has a manager, do not enclose QSLs for stations in countries which do not have a functioning bureau - see below for details.
  • Group your cards by country, eg all the cards with 2, G and M  callsigns should be grouped together, as these are all to be sent to the RSGB.
  • Sort the country groups alphabetically, by main prefix for the country. Thus, country groups should be in the following order: 3A, 3V, 4S, 4X, 5B.......G..... until Z3, ZB, ZC4, ZL, ZP, ZS.
  • Enclose payment of 2c per card, or a little more if your cards weigh more than 2.8gm. Payment must be in Euro - cash only, no cheques, please. IRCs and $US are no longer acceptable.
  • Write the number of QSLs and payment on a slip of paper, and enclose the slip with the cards and payment.
Send your cards to Alan, 5B4AHJ, or take the cards  to your local club meeting, where arrangements will be made to forward them to Alan. Alternatively, you may take the cards to the monthly ham lunch.
 
Partially filled envelopes in the CARS outgoing QSL bureau
 
Above is a photo of partially filled envelopes awaiting more cards before despatch to the relevant bureau.
These envelopes are sorted in order of main country bureau, which is why members sending cards are asked to sort their cards in the same way.
Envelopes are normally mailed when the gross weight is 150gm. Sometimes, larger packages are mailed.
 
Note: Kaliningrad now has a separate QSL bureau, so please separate QSLs for Kaliningrad from those for Russia.
 
The following countries do not have a functioning bureau. Please do not send QSLs for these stations in these countries, unless the station has a manager in a country that does have a functioning bureau:

3B8 Mauritius (include 3B6, 3B7, 3B9)
3DA Swaziland
4J, 4K Azerbaijan
7P Lesotho
7Z, HZ Saudi Arabia
9L Sierra Leone
A3 Tonga
C2 Nauru
C5 The Gambia
C6 Bahamas
CN Morocco
D4 Cape Verde
EK Armenia
HH Haiti
HK Colombia
HV Vatican City
PZ Suriname
ST Sudan
SU Egypt
TU Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
V3 Belize
V4 St Kitts Nevis
V7 Marshall Islands
VP2E Anguilla
VP2M Montserrat
XY Myanmar
Z2 Zimbabwe
ZA Albania
ZD7 S Helena
ZD8 Ascension Island
ZD9 Tristan da Cunha

 

 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 11 September 2012 17:16 )
 
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