40m SSB QSL Bureau
DEAN DAVIS, N7XG
3596 KAREN AVE S
SALEM, OR 97302-5620
Dean is the QSL Bureau Manager for the 40m SSB nets. After reading the following, if you have any questions about the operations or policies of the N7XG bureau, please contact Dean directly.
Dean offers several options when it comes to sending you your QSL cards:
OPTION 1
This option allows the bureau to make up 6" x 9" SASEs (self-addressed stamped envelopes) for you as they're needed.
You deposit funds with the bureau and the bureau will apply these funds to envelopes, address labels and stamps as needed to send you your QSLs. Based on your level of activity on our nets you would notify the bureau whether you want to receive your cards 8 or 16 (1 or 2oz) at a time and when those numbers are reached the bureau will make up an envelope and mail your cards to you. Your account will be charged the cost of a 6" x 9" envelope and address label ($0.11) plus the cost of stamps to mail 8 or 16 cards. You will receive a statement of your account balance with each mailing and you can replenish your account in whatever amount you determine, with $5 - $25 probably being typical. Payment may be made via PayPal thru the form below or via a check made out to Dean Davis and mailed to the address above.
The advantage of this plan over sending in your own envelopes is twofold: 1) you avoid the postage cost to mail in your own envelopes, and 2) when you have outgoing cards in excess of 8, they can be mailed in the same envelope for an additional $0.20 (2oz) for about 16 cards, which is considerably cheaper than separate envelopes.
OPTION 2
Dean accepts 6" x 9" and #10 (4-1/8" x 9-1/2") SASEs, no clasps or string ties, and asks that in addition to your name and address in the middle of the envelope you also write your call sign boldly in the upper left corner. Please use the "Forever Stamp" on these SASEs so there's no need for you to supply additional postage should postage rates go up. Up to 1oz = $0.44, up to 2oz = $0.64. Do NOT apply more than 2oz of postage to any SASEs you send to the N7XG Bureau because the next step up causes the envelope to exceed the maximum of 1/4" allowed for first class letters. Light weight "Walmart" envelopes are prone to damage in the postal sorting machines. You will minimize the chances of damage to your envelopes by using envelopes made from 24lb paper stock.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please sort cards sent to the bureau in call area, then call suffix order.
Cards taller than 3.5" are discouraged because they do NOT fit in a #10 envelope. Oversized cards not fitting envelopes in the bureau will be returned to sender at sender's expense.
PLEASE, if you work a club call, make a note of the OPERATOR's call sign on the card. A note in an upper corner of the card in the form of "Op: AB1XYZ" will assure the card can be properly routed, otherwise the card will be returned to sender. Cards for 1x1 call signs without the operator's call sign on the card will be destroyed.
Cards sent to the N7XG Bureau for stations that do not have SASEs in the bureau will be returned to you if/when that station has been out of envelopes for 30 days.
If you use Z-fold separators to spread out the cards in envelopes you send to the bureau, please use something heaver than computer paper, newsprint, or magazine paper. 67-lb cover stock is recommended. Most of the envelopes received at the N7XG Bureau using light weight Z-fold separators have all of their contents at one end of the envelope. This invites damage by postal sorting machines.
Incoming envelopes thicker than 1/4" exceed the allowed thickness for first class letters and invite damage by postal sorting machines and additional charges for oversized envelopes.
You can perform an online Good in the Bureau Check or you may download a program to do off-line checks on your own computer, both at the link just shown. "Good in the Bureau" or "GIB" means a station has self-addressed stamped envelopes in our bureau(s).
Please understand that it may take ten days or so after you send SASEs for your bureau status to be reflected in the GIB listing. Also, your status will not be reflected in posted check-in lists until those posting the lists update the GIB database in their copy of the N7XG Logger program. It is Club policy that no listing older than 72 hours is to be used to create net check-in listings. If your status is wrong in a listing posted to the reflector at the same time that it is correct in Rick's GIB List, then you should notify the person who posted the list using an out of date GIB database. If your status is wrong on a listing you are viewing live with your own copy of N7XG Logger, then not only should the person logging the net be notified that his GIB database is out of date, but you also need to update the GIB listing in your own copy of the N7XG Logger.
The N7XG QSL Bureau accepts donations to cover miscellaneous expenses such as file folders, other supplies, and occasional courtesy envelopes to new net participants. You may send any donations to the address above or via the PayPal form below.
Method of Payment
You may make deposits to your envelope account by check mailed to the address above or via PayPal by using the form below. However you pay, be sure to clearly indicate YOUR CALL SIGN.
NOTE: The PayPal Shopping Cart will open in a new window at PayPal where you will need to provide a credit card number or other payment information to complete your transaction. PayPal payments will appear on your credit card statement as "dean(at_sign)alpinesoft.com."
