(Araucaria) TO2FH - Agradecimento - Ataques ao Sistema de QSL

[PY2WAS - Alex]

Prezados PP5BK e PY2ADR,

Gostaria de agradecer particularmente a vocês e a todos aqueles que nos
defenderam de alguns ataques feitos por outros radioamadores estrangeiros,
pela cobrança mínima do QSL.

O texto que acabei de inserir no DX World.Net expõe com clareza os meus
pontos de vista sobre a questão, compartilhados com o Ricardo (PY2PT) e com
o Fernando (PY4BZ).

Eis o texto:

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Dear colleagues,
Firstly, TO2FH team (including me) wishes to thank all who have participated
of the pile-ups.
I will make some few comments, but I do not have the intention to go further
with discussions here, after all, everyone has the right to say whatever he
thinks of.
I used to think as some colleagues have complained here, that is, QSL should
be free of charge as a final courtesy of a QSO and as a choice of the other
station to use bureau, even taking into consideration the longer time to
receive it.
Then, I started to do dx-peditions and found out how complex and expensive
is to put in place these remote operations.
I do not request previous donations of anyone, but I am sure that it would
not be too much if a ham could colaborate with a minimum of US 2 dollars
with the dx-pedition. If we consider the US 2 dollars for a QSL and
excluding QSL and shipping costs, there will be some cents to be used to
help to reduce costs of the dx-pedition.
Do I love dx-peditions ? For sure ! But I also love to chase dx-peditions
from my home, sitting in a comfortable leather chair, with a cold beverage
and it will cost me the power energy only. Why should I continue with
dx-peditions ? Why other ham colleagues should support thousands of dollars
in dx-peditions ?
It is absolutely a nonsense to say that I am on vacations. Vacations in
Mayotte ? Vacations in Guyana ? There are pleasant places in both venues,
but I would certainly prefer to spend my vacations in Hawaii or USA or
France and so on.
Just before the trip, I was queried by a relevant ham society about the
Online QRS System only and it was requested me to open the accounting
balance of the dx-pedition. I did it. At that time, our costs were reaching
US 24k dollars and after the trip, our excedent baggage costed us an
additional value of US 1.5k dollars. It is easy for a ham, who is in France,
to say that his expenses were below. He had not to move from Brazil to
France as the first step of his trip. He did not inform if he went alone or
in a group as we did. Many factors may influence the values to raise or
drop.
Finally, I am presently the responsible one (LABRE SP’s Ham Radio Director)
for the bureau of the Brazilian Association in Sao Paulo, one of the few
active bureaux in Brazil, and only God knows how hard it has been to keep
it, facing the finance obstacles to keep it alive. We had to set forth 360
QSLs free of charge during a calendar year. From the next one to be sent on,
it is charged in R$ 0.10. There is no charge for receiving QSLs. So, it is
important to highlight that QSLs via bureau in dx-peditions causes
additional costs for the dx-peditioners, as I am still under charges by the
latest ones (8R1PY, PW2K, PW2TA and ZY0F).
Therefore, I ask you to think of the following final assumptions:
1) Please, do not be so sharp in your comments if you have never tried a
dx-pedition. Without dx-peditions, DX in ham radio will die. We will have to
talk to USA, Russia, some countries in Europe and Japan only.
2) World is quite different. Economic reasons change from place to place.
So, it is not fair to compare so different realities, without knowing them.
3) As mentioned here, the ham operator is really charged by a minimum of US
2 dollars, but he will save money with mail and with his printed QSL.
Additionally, he will contribute to reduce a little bit our costs and permit
us new dx-peditions in the future. The conscience and the finance health of
each one will determine if it is possible to aid with more or less.
4) We are expecting to offset between 10% to 20% of our final expenses, but
we are not sure if we will succeed, after considering the QSL printing and
shipping costs. We do not wish hams for paying our entire costs at all.
5) I have no doubts that QSL is a courtesy, but nowadays it costs money and
it is not cheap, when talking about the number of QSLs resulted from a
dx-pedition. We will be discussing the possibility to include it at LOTW, so
that, those colleagues who can not afford to pay US 2 dollars may have the
credit of this dx-pedition.
6) Do dx-peditions to earn money would be the worst idea in the world. A
business destined to bankruptcy in the first attempt. Once again, those who
are skeptical, try it once and talk us later.
After 6 entire days of dx-pedition, we reached around 11,300 QSOs and we
expect to upload the log to Club Log. the lack of internet was really bad
for our plans.
Please, check also TO2FH at QRZ.COM, which has some pictures there.
I finally end this long comment by saying that my purpose at ham radio is
gathering friends. Bruno, Christophe and Pierre are new examples of good
friends that will be in our lives forever. We also do not have words enough
to thank F6ENO and DJ8NK for all their support and incentive words.
I respect everyone’s opinion, notwithstanding how different they are from my
ideas, provided that they are respectful as I respect anyone else.
Thanks for your valuable and kind attention.
73,
Alex
PY2WAS

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Só um louco pensaria em ganhar dinheiro com uma expedição, considerando a
quantidade de despesas envolvidas. Ademais, mesmo o bureau atualmente tem um
custo para ser utilizado.

Finalmente, ter que ler coisas do tipo de que "nossas férias" estão sendo
financiadas, é deprimente. Férias para Mayotte ? Como bem diz o nosso amigo
Xavier, quem fala isso só pode ser aquele que nunca tentou fazer uma
expedição para ter idéia do custo e do trabalho que dá.

Um forte 73,

Alex

PY2WAS
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