FISTS QSL BUREAU
1020 Long Island Drive
Moneta, Va 24121
Email of the Buro Manager
K4UK - Stan Reas is: 
Go to FISTS Homepage
FISTS QSL BUREAU
1020 Long Island Drive
Moneta, Va 24121
Email of the Buro Manager
K4UK - Stan Reas is:
Go to FISTS Homepage
Members of the Franklin County
Amateur Radio Club
of Virginia are proud to provide the
World Wide QSL service for the International Morse Preservation Society,
better known as the FISTS CW Club.
FISTS members can determine who participates in the FISTS QSL Bureau
- That is, those who have SASE's
on file with the Bureau. See Item 1. in the Table of Contents
below or use the "Bureau Use Search" feature.
To access the Items below click on the blue underlined word(s).
Bureau
Use Search: Provides
a fast method to obtain information on which members use the Bureau
or which ones QSL direct only or which ones
do
not QSL at all.
Bureau Status
Search: Provides a method to find out the number of cards
and envelopes we have on
hand for you here at the Bureau.
Oh my, the Postal Service did it again!
On May 11, 2009 the one ounce rate went up to 44 cents.
Click on Rates in Item 6 below.
Once again during December 2009 we made a "Year
End Clearout" and mailed cards to those
members for whom we had 2 or more cards on hand and hadn't mailed
any cards since January.
Funds furnished by fellow members of FISTS were used for these mailings.
We made a change in reference to SASE's. Click New Approach in Item 5..
Please Remember:
If you wish to exchange QSL cards with a FISTS member through the
Bureau please confirm
during your
QSO that
they will QSL
via the Bureau. By doing so you can know that they have SASE's
on file.
If you don't do so, the member may not
use the Bureau and your card will just sit here in a sort box
and not
go anywhere!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. List of the 4395 FISTS Members who HAVE or have had SASE's on file.
2. List of FISTS Members who have 2
or more QSL cards here but we have NO
SASE's on hand!
2.a
- Those who have NOT YET
furnished any SASE's
2.b
- Those who we have USED
their "Last" SASE
3. List of FISTS Members that do NOT
use the Bureau
3a. List of those
who will only QSL direct.
3b. List of those
who do not QSL at all.
4. The Beginner's Guide
to the FISTS QSL Bureau - Your reference as to how we work for you.
Note:
Please furnish
# 10 Business Size (4-1/8"
x 9-1/2") envelopes for SASE's - Thanks!
5. On January 1, 2010 we began a New
Approach and won't require you to send SASE's but will prepare
them using funds you have sent to us.
6. The Postal Service changed
Rates
effective May 11, 2009. The one ounce rate went up to 44 cents.
But the additional
ounce step remains at 17 cents. We suggest you purchase Forever Stamps
which
will handle one ounce
postage from now to forever. Hard
to believe but it is true.
For Tips on how to save money using the
QSL Bureau.
7. Bureau statistics and how we handle cards for those who have not responded to our requests for SASE's
8. Breakdown of cards handled by the QSL Bureau over the past eleven years
9. Special
Certificates and QSL Cards are available for
working the members of FISTS QSL Bureau.
The most recent FISTS member who earned the "Special
Achievement" Award No. 23 was Merlin, KD0V
His Award is unique because
all QSO's were Two-Way QRP on 30 Meters.
Special
Notice: Frank, Ex-KE4HOA has a General
license so you can now find him on the HF Bands and
he now has a "Vanity Call"
- N4FEG which are his initials.
10. Spoon Award Certificates have been presented to honor "Senior
Moments" or "Bonehead Actions"
by some of our FISTS members.
The latest Award went to Ed, N2ED. To
find out why and who else
has been so honored, click HERE
11. Members of the Franklin County ARC operate W4FCR as a FISTS
affiliated club. Information
on the club and its activity can
be found
HERE
12. We've added a "YL" to our QSL Bureau crew. Fran,
KI4ZND will handle the "9" calls and
Her picture and those of the
rest the QSL Bureau crew can be found HERE
13. After eleven-plus years handling the "8" calls,
Charlie, K4BSF has decided to relinquish the job.
Over those years he
had handled 44,638 cards for the Bureau. Frank, N4FEG will now handle
both the "5" and "8"
calls.
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When I returned from a trip to Florida on the
5th of March, I found we had
received 29 cards fromVince WA8BIJ,
16 cards from Mark, AD5WI
and 11 cards from Ron WB1HGA.
On the 4th of February we received 18 - KN0WCW
cards confirming contacts
made by David, KB9MLE.
On the 17th we received 20 cards from Wiley,
KG4UPO
and received 32 cards from Walt, WA9LT
on
the 19th. On the 20th we received
13 cards from Carl, KB5JO.
We received 19 cards from Ed, N3SE
for his call and
Club call W3HZW.
DX Bureaus:
Chuck Spence, MØAVW runs the QSL Bureau
for most DX, Nigel Hardy, ZL2TX runs the QSL
Bureau for VK/ZL members and Harry Shibata - JL3AMK
is the QSL Manager for FISTS East Asia.
There is a picture of MØAVW at his mailbox and a picture
of ZL2TX at his operating position.
To see the Mailbox at K4UK where your Envelope arrives
Sometimes it is covered with Snow
What's a CC number ?