[NCDXA] Final Report of NCDXA/ARRL Third Call Area QSL Bureau for 2017

[Alfred Laun]

Fellow members of NCDXA:

I have completed the 2017 end-of-year report of the NCDXA/ARRL Third Call
Area Incoming QSL Bureau which will be mailed to ARRL HQ on Tuesday.  Last
year we processed 86,475 incoming QSLs compared with 124,173 in 2016, or in
other words a 30% drop in volume.

The drop in volume is no doubt due to several factors.  More people are
using LoTW; higher ARRL Outgoing Bureau fees mean ARRL members are sending
out fewer cards through the bureau, meaning fewer returns; the sunspot
cycle is nearing the bottom, meaning fewer bands are regularly open for
DX;  some long-time DXers have become Silent Keys while newer DXers are
less inclined to use the bureau system when there are so many online
alternatives for confirming contacts.

Thanks to those of you NCDXA members who are sorters: K1MU W3AZD K3IRV K3LU
K4RZ K5EK N4VA and W3KX.

73, Fred Laun, K3ZO
Manager
NCDXA/ARRL Third Call Area Incoming QSL Bureau
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