Along with this weeks direct QSL mailing is a 1.1 kg parcel to the Netherlands QSL Bureau.
Category - Bureau Posting News
1.15 kg parcel of Bureau QSL cards has been posted to PZK Poland QSL Bureau.
Today, 22/02/2025, I posted 2.77 kg Bureau cards to ARI Italian QSL Bureau.
3.6 kg parcel shipped to ARRL QSL bureaus this morning for Radio Amateurs in the USA. Thanks to W3KX Jack for support.
Update on the 9th February, Jack confirms that he has shipped our cards to the other Call Areas. Thank you Jack.
In preparation for the next Bureau dispatch, we have been informed that Royal Mail will be discontinuing the product that we use for shipping bulk QSL card parcels to the Bureau. MB-1 or Mail Bag 1 is for Print Media items such as QSL cards. The reason that the product is being withdrawn on January 5th is that it no longer conforms to the new customs rules and some customs are rejecting parcels using this product.So to try to beat the deadline I have two parcels that i am shipping out on 30th December 2024.
Print Media product was the most cost effective way of posting Bureau parcels.
Print Media product was the most cost effective way of posting Bureau parcels.
Spain 4216 g
Japan 6640 g
QSL cards have been posted to World Bureaus – Friday 23rd February 2024.
This mailing is a joint mailing between M0OXO Charles & M0URX Tim. (also thanks W3KX Jack & G1VDP Chris)
I would very much appreciate feedback from you when the QSL cards start arriving at World Bureaus or received by hams around the world?
Delays are due to issues caused by the World Customs Organisation regulations. Please remember that with the new customs tax we cannot guarantee that the parcels will get through to your bureau. We now suggest sending only direct QSL route. All bureau requests are at your own risk.
The parcels are sent by Priority Business Mail to get to the Bureaus quickly.
Total amount of QSL cards dispatched: 19,584
Via M0URX 4,887, Via M0OXO 14,697.
Total Weight: 91.586 kg gross weight
Total Shipping Cost £478.60: £5.22per kg. (91.586 kg gross weight)
Average postage cost 3p per QSL card. Dispatch listed below in grams to each destination.
The below volumes are measured in grams per parcel,
UK United Kingdom 3,020
Europe
Andorra 7
Austria 2,400
Belgium 1,400
Bosnia 48
Bulgaria 373
Croatia 685
Cyprus 7
Czech Republic 1,590
Denmark 145
Estonia 92
Finland 700
France 2,440
Germany 17,000
Greece 390
Gibraltar
Hungary 1063
Italy 5,690
Ireland 319
Latvia 76
Netherlands 2,260
Malta
Norway 328
Poland 2,440
Portugal 309
Romania 269
Slovenia 530
Slovakia
Spain 3,330
Sweden 1,010
R.O.W Andorra ROW
Algeria
Argentina 387
Armenia
Aruba
Australia 238
Barbados
Belarus 40
Bermuda
Brunei
Bosnia Herzegovina
Brazil 207
Canada 555
Chile 12
China 343
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Faroe Islands
Falkland Islands
Guatemala
Georgia
Honduras
Hong Kong
Iceland
India 13
Indonesia 295
Iran
Israel 88
Japan 14,160
Jordan
Kazakhstan 73
Kyrgyzstan
Kuwait 13
Lebanon
Liechtenstein 9
Lithuania 205
Luxembourg 210
Macau
Macedonia 21
Malaysia 10
Mexico 36
Moldova 7
Monaco
Mongolia
Namibia
New Caledonia
New Zealand 44
Nicaragua
Oman
Panama 8
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Qatar 6
Russian Fed 1,310
Saudi Arabia
Serbia 254
Singapore 10
South Africa 29
South Korea 332
Sri Lanka
Switzerland 600
Taiwan 28
Tajikistan
Thailand 98
Trinidad
Tunisia
Turkey 11
United Arab Emirates
Ukraine 895
Uzbekistan
Uruguay 8
Venezuela 7
Fiji
USA W0, W1, W2 W3, W4, WW4 W5, W6, W7, W8, W9 4,990g
WP3
WL7
WH6
KP2
QSL cards have been posted to 82 World Bureaus – Monday 24th October 2022This mailing is a joint mailing between M0OXO Charles & M0URX Tim. (also thanks K3ZO Fred)
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. Also due to issues caused by the World Customs Organisation regulations.
The parcels are sent by Priority Business Mail to get to the Bureaus quickly.
Total amount of QSL cards dispatched: 16,607
Via M0URX 9,476, Via M0OXO 7,131.
,Total Weight: 67240g
Total Shipping Cost: £355.59 – £5.29 per kg. (gross weight)
Average postage cost 2.14p per QSL card. Dispatch listed below in grams to each destination.
The below volumes are measured in grams per parcel
UK United Kingdom 1650
Europe Austria 1000
Belgium 2020
Bulgaria 193
Croatia 530
Cyprus
Czech Republic 1190
Denmark 260
Estonia 46
Finland 52
France 11860
Germany 14,000
Greece 330
Gibraltar
Hungary 355
Italy 5,544
Ireland 83
Latvia 63
Netherlands 2400
Malta 7
Norway 335
Poland 2,020
Portugal 275
Romania 200
Slovenia 295
Slovakia 375
Spain 2970
Sweden 900
R.O.W Andorra ROW
Algeria
Argentina 350
Armenia
Aruba
Australia 235
Barbados
Belarus 62
Bermuda
Brunei
Bosnia Herzegovina 71
Brazil 156
Canada 530
Chile 23
China 145
Colombia 11
Costa Rica
Cuba 81
Dominican Republic 10
Ecuador 20
El Salvador
Faroe Islands
Falkland Islands
Guatemala
Georgia
Honduras
Hong Kong 14
Iceland 7
India 29
Indonesia 50
Iran
Israel 50
Japan 14,990
Jordan
Kazakhstan 11
Kyrgyzstan
Kuwait 20
Lebanon
Liechtenstein 7
Lithuania 126
Luxembourg 135
Macau
Macedonia 17
Malaysia 14
Mexico 10
Moldova 20
Monaco
Mongolia
Namibia
New Caledonia
New Zealand 43
Nicaragua
Oman
Kazakistan
Panama 15
Paraguay
Peru 8
Philippines 17
Qatar
Russian Fed 2410
Saudi Arabia
Serbia 345
Singapore
South Africa 26
South Korea 305
Sri Lanka
Switzerland 665
Taiwan 17
Tajjikistan
Thailand 60
Trinidad
Tunisia
Turkey 250
United Arab Emirates
Ukraine 695
Uzbekistan
Uruguay
Venezuela 190
Fiji 23
USA W0, W1, W2 W3, W4, WW4 W5, W6, W7, W8, W9 5,550
WP3 26
WL7 24
WH6 46
KP2
700 Bureau cards received from RSGB 07/10/2022. Processed for next dispatch.
Please use OQRS only! – Sending us bureau cards wastes time, money and labour. Please USE OQRS only. Thank you
2,200 Bureau cards received from RSGB 13/07/2022.
Please use OQRS only! – Sending us bureau cards wastes time, money and labour. Please USE OQRS only. Thank you
As we have reported previously there are some Bureau parcels that remain undelivered which is why we cannot guarantee ANY bureau QSLs requested. We strongly advise that you always use OQRS Direct.
Let me go through some of the problems that continue:
Argentina QSL Bureau – Parcels get returned almost every time endorsed “not collected”. Despite sending these again and again we cannot get these to Argentina Bureau.
Brazil QSL Bureau – Despite some parcels getting through. The address alone is not sufficient for getting through customs. IARU will not provide correct information on its website. Brazil customs return most parcels without Pre-Electronic Delivery Advice. Package returned 6 times, One package got through.
Cuba QSL Bureau – For the past 5 years at least, Cuba Bureau packages have been returned uncollected from the PO Box. We can only assume that the Cuba Bureau is no longer functional.
Portugal QSL Bureau – July package was returned endorsed “Non-reclaimed” We are now in communication by email to REP. Package to be reposted!
Sweden QSL Bureau – July parcel was returned. Insufficient documentation. Swedish Customs now will NOT accept any parcels that do not have Pre-Electronic Delivery Advice. IARU does not provide the complete information. Sweden Bureau cannot be supported until full data is provided to us.
Turkey QSL Bureau – July parcel was returned. Insufficient documentation. Turkish Customs now will NOT accept any parcels that do not have Pre-Electronic Delivery Advice. IARU does not provide the complete information. Turkish Bureau cannot be supported until full data is provided to us. Package returned twice.
We have reported the issues with the lack of data for the Pre-electronic delivery advice to IARU many times since 2017 and repeatedly told that they consider that putting this data on the IARU website contravenes GDPR regulations. However, without it the Bureaus will cease to function. There are many other Bureau packages that have been returned due to Covid restrictions or non-collection or other reasons that we have been able to resend and eventually arrived at the destination Bureau. To continue re-sending the Bureau packages costs more money.
If you are in one of the above countries and requested Bureau cards, we suggest that you request Via Direct using OQRS only as we are unable to get the cards to your Bureau. If any of you have connections with those Bureaus listed above, we would like to engage in discussions to allow re delivery. But if Bureaus and the IARU continue to bury their head in the sand to ignore the new worldwide Pre-Electronic Delivery Advice customs regulations it will be catastrophic for the Bureau system.