If you’ve read some of the previous items in this blog, you know I’m not a big QSLer. (See the entry below “Tips for the Casual DXer.”) If someone sends me a card, though, I’m not going to refuse it.

Well, a couple of weeks ago, I received and e-mail from Alan K6IPM, the new manager for the N segment of the 6 District QSL bureau informing me that seven QSLs were waiting for me. It was very nice of him to contact me, as I really never even considered that cards would be waiting for me. I never ask my DX contacts to QSL, and as I’ve said I normally don’t send mine out unless specifically requested to do so.

At any rate, after taking a look at the Buro’s website to learn the procedure, I sent Alan a check for $3. Saturday, I received my first batch of QSLs. They included cards from:

• Manfred DL3ALK, Mupperg Germany,
• Jose EA3BVT, Madrid Spain,
• Daniel F6IWD, a station in the Bordeaux region of France that I’ve contacted several times,
• Dan HK3AXY, Bogota Colombia,
• Waclaw SP9CTX, Bielsko-Biala Poland,
• Pavel UA4PT, Tartarstan Russia, and
• Igor UX5MZ, Lugansk Ukraine

All in all, they are a nice set of cards and a good start towards DXCC. At the rate I’m going, I might get it in another five years or so. :-)