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How do I successfully use the USKA QSL service?

The service is only available to members of the USKA. Our QSL office can only provide cards via the official IARU offices. The link to the current list of IARU offices can be found a little further down on this page. Here you will also find a list of countries without their own QSL office as well as other helpful information.

For contest connections a considerable part of the cards goes via QSL manager. The well known website www.qrz.com or other relevant sources offer information about this. You save yourself and the QSL office avoidable extra work if you note the correct recipient on the card before sending it.

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DXCC country list	DXCC Liste 2013 01 17	03.04.2022
Instructions for sorting the QSL cards	Sortieren QSL Karten	21.04.2022
Specifically: order for Eastern Europe and Russia	Sortieren QSL Karten Russland	24.03.2020
Special: Order for USA	Sortieren QSL Karten USA	27.08.2013

 

New QSL service has started

The QSL service has been taken over by HB9NFB since March and has started operation on March 11, 2022.

Here is the information on the video from HB9NFB:

After the previous QSL manager of the USKA, Ruedi HB9CQL (member of Notfunk Birs), announced early to resign from his position by the end of 2021, the USKA board has advertised the position. Now the USKA section Notfunk Birs jumps into the breach and has agreed to operate the USKA QSL Bureau for the coming years.

Easier said than done. Just setting up a room is a lot of work. In hundreds of working hours, club members prepared a room next to the club shack of Notfunk Birs in February 2022 and mounted 12 running meters of shelving. The shelves with several thousand compartments were made and mounted according to own drawings.

On March 10th was the official handover from the former QSL manager Ruedi HB9CQL to the new QSL manager team of Notfunk Birs. From March 11 to 13 (Friday to Sunday) the QSL cards of the last months were sorted, packed and made ready for dispatch in many day, evening and night shifts. Among the many helpers worked on this extended weekend with Ruedi, who obviously enjoys the new QSL Bureau, as a team. From now on the new USKA QSL Bureau is in operation.

The board of Notfunk Birs would like to thank all members who participated in the construction of the USKA QSL Bureau and all those who signed up for upcoming work shifts. Once again it shows the strength our section can mobilize for an exciting task.

QSL Service 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= uw_8UHAUJ2c

Don’t forget to like the video and subscribe to HB9NFB’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqjIZC64WC3m3ZRCRPcY60Q

QSL Cards Dispatch Statistics 2008 - 2021

The following data gives an overview of the amount of QSL cards that have been dispatched through our office. Within 10 years we have processed about 8.7 tons of QSL cards, which corresponds to about 3’000’000 single QSLs. According to experience, May and June are the “strongest” months in terms of turnover.

QSL – BÜRO    QSL – STATISTIK
	QSL – EINGANG			QSL – AUSGANG
	HB9	DX	total	Couverts
2008	574 kg	549 kg	1’123 kg	9’419
2009	496 kg	533 kg	1’029 kg	10’345
2010	586 kg	450 kg	1’037 kg	8’446
2011	516 kg	402 kg	918 kg	8’892
2012	506 kg	439 kg	945 kg	7’502
2013	448 kg	480 kg	928 kg	8’274
2014	474 kg	374 kg	848 kg	6’802
2015	325 kg	363 kg	688 kg	5’994
2016	320 kg	294 kg	614 kg	6’686
2017	270 kg	265 kg	536 kg	5’666
2018	296 kg	215 kg	511 kg	4’806
2019	219 kg	278 kg	497 kg	3’953
2020	263 kg	187 kg	450 kg	4’691
2021	243 kg	225 kg	468 kg	5’125
TOTAL	5’536 kg	5’054 kg	10’590 kg	96’601

QSL cards - Important documents for active operators

QSL cards are not only coveted trophies for every active radio amateur. They are also valid documents for the proof that one has realized a radio contact with the remote station. QSL cards form the basis for most diplomas, set goals that are pursued with sometimes very great commitment over many years.

The USKA QSL service is one of the most important services of the USKA, offered exclusively to its members. For optimal use of this service, we ask that you follow the guidelines for sorting cards. Please also note the following tips and hints regarding the IARU QSL offices.

Recommendations for QSL card design

We recommend the use of the card size 9cm x 14cm, defined as standard size by the IARU since 1984.

Title	Download
Anleitung für QSL-Karten (Version Deutsch 9.10.2016)	Dokument [PDF]
Instructions pour les cartes QSL (version français 9.10.2016)	Dokument [PDF]
Istruzioni per cartoline QSL (versione italiana 9.10.2016)	Dokument [PDF]

Order QSL cards with 20% discount

USKA members receive a 20% discount when ordering QSL cards from www.qslshop.de.

For more information: DARC QSL Service (pdf)

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