Do

  • Do keep envelopes and postage on file with the bureau, or supply funds for supplies.
  • Do respond quickly to bureau requests for action to claim cards. Unclaimed card backlogs are the bureau’s biggest problem.
  • Do notify the bureau of your new call as you upgrade.
    • With sufficient supplies on hand at the bureau, we can shift supplies to a different letter, so long as the new and old call are within the ninth district.
  • Do include an SASE with any physical information request to the bureau.
  • Do notify the bureau in writing if you don’t want your cards.
  • Do include a call sign with all correspondence sent to the bureau.
  • Do notify the bureau of any change of address.

Don’t

  • Don’t send domestic US to US cards to your call district bureau.
  • Don’t expect DX cards to arrive for several months after the QSO. Overseas delivery is very slow. Many cards coming from overseas bureaus are over a year old.
  • Don’t send your outgoing DX cards to your call district bureau.
  • Don’t send SASEs/supplies to your “portable” bureau.
    • For example, W2ZZZ/9 sends supplies to the second district bureau, not the ninth district bureau.
  • Don’t send SASEs/supplies to the ARRL Outgoing QSL Service.
  • Don’t send SASEs larger than 6 x 9 inches. SASEs larger than 6 x 9 inches require additional postage surcharges.