Bureau News

January 24 2024

Bob Hudson VE3CWU, who has for many years been the mailing volunteer for the 3 letter G, I, and M letter groups, has decided not to continue as a mailing volunteer.  I would like to thank him for his efforts on behalf of the Incoming Bureau.  Ian Amos VE3JI has taken over the 3 letter G, I, and M letter groups.  Welcome to the Bureau Ian, and thank you for helping!

We are expecting to do a card distribution in mid February.

October 10 2023

A card shipment is being distributed to the  mailing volunteers.

June 28 2023

A card distribution is now being processed.  The cards will be provided to the Bureau Mailing Volunteers shortly.

October 31 2022

David Kingsland VE3MDX is now the mailing volunteer for the 2 letter VA3 calls.  Thanks to Brian Herling VE3XBH who has looked after the 2 letter VA3 calls for many years.

November 19 2021

Pat Lacey, VE3DIT, who has been a Bureau mailing volunteer for the 3 letter D, 3 letter O, 3 letter P, and 3 letter Q letter groups since the mid 1980s, has retired.  Thanks Pat for all those years of service to your fellow radio amateurs!  The letter groups have been reassigned as follows:

3 letter D         Jeff Stewart VA3WXM

3 letter O         Bruce Crawford VE3TMV

3 letter P         Wayne Harrison VA3NWH

3 letter Q         Terry Hursh VA3CQG

March 14 2021

Wayne Harrison VA3NWH has replaced Tony Champion VA3QC as Bureau Secretary.

March 9, 2021

Wayne Harrison VA3NWH has replaced Tony Champion VA3QC as the mailing volunteer for the 3 letter S calls. Thanks Tony for your many years of volunteering for the Bureau.

February 27, 2021

Two card shipments have been processed this month and have been distributed to the mailing volunteers.

December 12 2020

A card shipment was processed earlier this month and has been distributed to the mailing volunteers.

August 3 2020

A card shipment was processed in late July 2020 and has been distributed to the mailing volunteers.

January 12 2020

A shipment of cards was sorted on January 6.  These cards are now being distributed to the Bureau’s mailing volunteers.

Terry Hursh VA3CQG has replaced Jim Sawadski VE3EEZ as the mailing volunteer for the 3 letter U calls. Thanks Jim for your many years of volunteering for the Bureau.

March 4 2019

Please note:  Effective immediately, the Bureau PO box number and postal code has changed.  The new mailing address is:

VA3/VE3 Incoming QSL Card Bureau
PO Box 46
Streetsville, Ontario
L5M 2B7

March 4 2019

Notice of Bureau Annual General Meeting

Article 15.1 of the VA3/VE3 Incoming QSL Card Bureau Bylaw No 1 requires that an Annual General Meeting of the Bureau be held once per calendar year. Accordingly the 2019 Bureau Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday March 23, 2019, at 12:00.

The meeting will be held at the Brampton Fall Fairgrounds (12942 Heart Lake Road, Caledon, west side of Heart Lake Rd just south of Old School Rd), following the Hamex hamfest, which also is being held there on March 23. We are planning to use one of the conference rooms in the exhibit building (the smaller building facing onto Heart Lake Rd)

February 7 2019 

A card shipment  has been received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau and sorted.  The cards will be distributed to the mailing volunteers shortly.

Monday January 21, 2019

In 2016, 2017 and 2018 the Bureau requested donations from Bureau users towards the Bureau’s on-going and unanticipated costs.  Those donations have helped put the Bureau on a better financial footing.  The support for the Bureau is very much appreciated.

The Bureau would like to acknowledge the contributions of the Bureau users listed below who donated to Bureau operations in 2018:

VA3XCD, VE3BBM, VE3BVA, VE3EBN, VE3JG, VE3JV, VE3JW, VE3LDP, VE3UTA, VE3UTT, VE3UWC

Wednesday November 27, 2018

A card shipment  was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau and sorted in mid November.  The cards will be distributed to the mailing volunteers shortly.

Tuesday July 17, 2018

A card shipment  was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in early July, and sorted on July 16.  The cards will be distributed to the mailing volunteers shortly.

Thursday April 5, 2018

The Bureau’s Annual General Meeting for 2017 was held on Saturday March 19, 2018  following the Ham-Ex hamfest, at the Brampton Fall Fairgrounds, in Brampton, Ontario.  Bureau operations, policies and finances were discussed.

The first card shipment of 2018 was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in mid-March, and was sorted on March 29.  The cards will be distributed to the mailing volunteers shortly.

Sunday January 7, 2018

In 2016 and 2017 the Bureau requested donations from Bureau users towards the Bureau’s on-going and unanticipated costs.  Those donations have helped put the Bureau on a better financial footing.  The support for the Bureau is very much appreciated.

The Bureau users listed below donated to Bureau operations in 2016 and 2017:

VA3CME, VA3DF, VA3DG, VA3EC, VA3FN, VA3NQ, VA3PM, VA3RKM, VA3SB,VA3TPS, VE3CBK, VE3CGR, VE3DHP, VE3DQN, VE3DRZ, VE3FF, VE3FIT, VE3FJ, VE3HC, VE3HD, VE3HED, VE3HG, VE3ID, VE3IY, VE3LE, VE3LU, VE3LUZ, VE3MA.VE3MY, VE3NAE, VE3NR, VE3NZ, VE3OAT, VE3OC, VE3OMC, VE3OR, VE3QEE, VE3QN, VE3QO, VE3RHE, VE3RG, VE3RR, VE3RX, VE3RZ, VE3SST, VE3TG, VE3TQ, VE3TW, VE3UU, VE3VA, VE3VV, VE3WE, VE3XA, VE3XJE, VE3XO, VE3ZY.

Saturday January 6, 2018

The final card shipment of 2017 was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in late December 2017 and sorted at the beginning of January 2018.  The cards will be distributed to the mailing volunteers shortly.

In 2017 the total weight of cards processed by the Bureau dropped significantly.  The total shipment weights for 2016 and 2017 were 187 kg and 88 kg respectively.

Sunday August 6 2017

A card shipment was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau at the end of July.  The cards have been sorted and will be distributed to the mailing volunteers shortly.

Monday April 10 2017

A card shipment received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau recently  was sorted today.  The cards will be distributed to the mailing volunteers shortly.

November 21 2016

At the beginning of October, we received a shipment of cards direct from the ARRL.  These were cards from the 2014 W1AW year-long QSO party commemorating the founding of the ARRL.  This shipment to Ontario weighed just less than 64 kg, (about 16,000 cards).  This is the largest shipment we have seen since the Bureau reorganization in early 2012.

In early November we received another shipment, this time the “regular” one from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick.  This shipment weighed about 20 kg, and consisted of roughly 7,000 cards.

Both shipments have been sorted and by the end of the month will have been distributed to the Bureau Mailing Volunteers.

August 30 2016

A card shipment received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau was sorted last week.  The cards will be distributed to the mailing volunteers shortly.

April 12 2016

We have added a “Donate to Bureau Operations” page to the website.  Click on this page if you would like to donate funds towards Bureau operations. Use the “Deposit Funds” page instead to add funds to your account for postage.

March 19 2016

The Bureau Annual General Meeting for 2016 was held today following the Ham-Ex hamfest, at the Brampton Fall Fairgrounds, in Brampton, Ontario.  Bureau operations, policies and finances were discussed.

It was agreed to set up a “Donations” page on the Bureau website for users who wish to support the Bureau by donating funds to go towards Bureau fixed administrative costs such as annual web hosting fees, fees for database maintenance and Bureau post office box rental charges.

March 6 2016

Notice of Bureau Annual General Meeting

Article 15.1 of the VA3/VE3 Incoming QSL Card Bureau Bylaw No 1 requires that an Annual General Meeting of the Bureau be held once per calendar year. Accordingly the 2016 Bureau Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday March 19, 2016, at 12:00.

The meeting will be held at the Brampton Fall Fairgrounds (12942 Heart Lake Road, Caledon, west side of Heart Lake Rd just south of Old School Rd), following the Hamex hamfest, which also is being held there on March 19. We are planning to use one of the conference rooms in the exhibit building (the smaller building facing onto Heart Lake Rd)

February 3 2016

Several card shipments received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau were sorted this week.  The cards will be distributed to the mailing volunteers shortly.

January 12 2016

The “Your Mailing Volunteers” page has been updated to include mailing volunteer email addresses.

December 12 2015

Three letter calls with the suffix beginning with the letter “T”  are now included in the on-line system. However, calls with suffixes beginning with the letters “D”, “O”, “P”, and “Q”  are not currently included in the on-line system.

December 5 2015

A new “Your Mailing Volunteers” page has been added to the web site.  At the moment mailing volunteer names and call signs are listed; later we will add email addresses.

December 4 2015

A shipment of cards was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick in late November.  These cards will be processed and mailed in December.

October 23, 2015

A shipment of cards was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick and sorted in early late September.   The cards have been distributed to the Mailing Volunteers and Bureau users should now have received cards from this mailing.

August 15 2015

A shipment of cards was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick and sorted last week.   The cards will be distributed to the Mailing Volunteers  and mailed to Bureau users shortly.

April 30 2015

A shipment of cards was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick and sorted this week.   The cards will be distributed to the Mailing Volunteers  and mailed to Bureau users shortly.

March 28 2015

The Bureau Annual General Meeting for 2015 was held today following the Ham-Ex hamfest, at the Brampton Fall Fairgrounds, in Brampton, Ontario.  Bureau operations, policies and finances were discussed.

February 28 2015

A shipment of cards was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick and sorted last week.   We have been informed that another two shipments are imminent.  We hope to have all three shipments distributed to the mailing volunteers by the end of March.

The Bureau Annual General Meeting will be held March 28 2015, at 12 noon, at the Brampton Fall Fairgrounds (12942 Heart Lake Road, Caledon, west side of Heart Lake Rd just south of Old School Rd).

March 22, 2014

The Bureau Annual General Meeting for 2014 was held today following the Ham-Ex hamfest, at the Brampton Fall Fairgrounds, in Brampton, Ontario.  Bureau operations, policies and finances were discussed.

March 3 2014

A shipment of cards from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick was received and sorted by the Bureau’s card sorting group last week.  The cards will be distributed to the Mailing Volunteers  and mailed to Bureau users later in the month.

January 14, 2014

A shipment of cards from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick has been received and was sorted by the Bureau’s card sorting group today.  The cards will be distributed to the Mailing Volunteers next week and will be mailed to Bureau users later in the month.

December 10,2013

A shipment of cards from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick has been received.  The cards were sorted by the Bureau’s card sorting group and distributed to the Mailing Volunteers last week. Card mailings to bureau users should be completed in December.

November 28, 2013

The Bureau’s Annual General Meeting was held today.  Bureau operations, policies and finances were discussed.

September 18, 2013

A shipment of cards from the RAC Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick was received by the East Coast Receiver, Garry Hammond,  VE3XN, in Listowel,  last week. The cards have been sorted and will be delivered to the individual letter group Mailing Volunteers by the end of next week.  Card mailings to bureau users should be completed in October.

August 15 2013

New “Do You have Cards?” Page

If you would like to find out if you have cards on file with the Bureau, click on the “Do You Have Cards? tab on the home page.

August 12, 2013

Card Shipment Processed

A shipment of cards from the RAC Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick was received by the East Coast Receiver, Garry Hammond,  VE3XN, in Listowel,  last week.  After a preliminary sort, the cards were delivered to Mississauga. The cards will be delivered to the individual letter group Mailing Volunteers by the end of next week.  Card mailings to bureau users should be completed in August.

July 14 2013

PayPal Implemented for Bureau Users

Bureau users may now use PayPal or a credit card to deposit funds to their Bureau accounts.  Please click on the “Deposit Funds” tab on the Bureau web page for instructions.

July 14, 2013

Bureau Offers Preprinted Address Label Service

The Bureau now offers an address label printing service.  The fee for this service for one call sign is $2.00 for 30 labels.  Address labels may be ordered on line as well as by mail to the Bureau post office box.  See the “Deposit Funds” tab for details.

Bureau Policies

A page outlining Bureau policies has been added to the Bureau web page. Please click on the “Bureau Policies” tab on the Bureau web page for details.

July 13, 2013

The QSL Bureau had a table at the Milton Hamfest, which was sponsored by the Burlington Amateur Radio Club, today.  Look for us at future hamfests.

July 3 2013

Card Shipment Processed

A shipment of cards from the RAC Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick was received by the East Coast Receiver, Garry Hammond,  VE3XN, in Listowel,  last week.  After a preliminary sort, the cards were delivered to Mississauga.. Following processing by the Card Sorting Manager, Murray Yewer, VE3JMY, and his team today, the cards will be delivered to the individual letter group Mailing Volunteers by the end of next week.  Card mailings to bureau users will be completed in July

December 21 2014

The last card shipment of the year was sorted and distributed to the Mailing Volunteers this week. The cards will be mailed to Bureau users shortly.

November 29 2014

Two card shipments have been received this month.  They were sorted last week and are bring distributed to the Mailing Volunteers.  The cards will be mailed to Bureau users shortly.

August 22, 2014

Two additional card shipments were sorted over the summer.  The cards, except for those for two letter VE3 and two letter VA3 calls, have been distributed to the Mailing Volunteers and were mailed to Bureau users.  The two letter VE3 and two letter VA3 cards from these shipments were sorted on August 21 and will be mailed to Bureau users shortly.

June 23 2014

A shipment of cards was received from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick and sorted the week of June 15.  The cards have been distributed to the Mailing Volunteers and will be mailed to Bureau users shortly.

April 24, 2014

Two shipments of cards from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick have been received this month, and sorted by the Bureau’s card sorting group.  The cards will be distributed to the Mailing Volunteers and mailed to Bureau users shortly.

March 22, 2014

The Bureau Annual General Meeting for 2014 was held today following the Ham-Ex hamfest, at the Brampton Fall Fairgrounds, in Brampton, Ontario.  Bureau operations, policies and finances were discussed.

March 3 2014

A shipment of cards from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick was received and sorted by the Bureau’s card sorting group last week.  The cards will be distributed to the Mailing Volunteers  and mailed to Bureau users later in the month.

January 14, 2014

A shipment of cards from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick has been received and was sorted by the Bureau’s card sorting group today.  The cards will be distributed to the Mailing Volunteers next week and will be mailed to Bureau users later in the month.

December 10,2013

A shipment of cards from the RAC National Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick has been received.  The cards were sorted by the Bureau’s card sorting group and distributed to the Mailing Volunteers last week. Card mailings to bureau users should be completed in December.

November 28, 2013

The Bureau’s Annual General Meeting was held today.  Bureau operations, policies and finances were discussed.

September 18, 2013

A shipment of cards from the RAC Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick was received by the East Coast Receiver, Garry Hammond,  VE3XN, in Listowel,  last week. The cards have been sorted and will be delivered to the individual letter group Mailing Volunteers by the end of next week.  Card mailings to bureau users should be completed in October.

August 15 2013

New “Do You have Cards?” Page

 If you would like to find out if you have cards on file with the Bureau, click on the “Do You Have Cards? tab on the home page.

 August 12, 2013

Card Shipment Processed

A shipment of cards from the RAC Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick was received by the East Coast Receiver, Garry Hammond,  VE3XN, in Listowel,  last week.  After a preliminary sort, the cards were delivered to Mississauga.  The cards will be delivered to the individual letter group Mailing Volunteers by the end of next week.  Card mailings to bureau users should be completed in August.

July 14 2013

PayPal Implemented for Bureau Users

Bureau users may now use PayPal or a credit card to deposit funds to their Bureau accounts.  Please click on the “Deposit Funds” tab on the Bureau web page for instructions.

July 14, 2013

Bureau Offers Preprinted Address Label Service

The Bureau now offers an address label printing service.  The fee for this service for one call sign is $2.00 for 30 labels.  Address labels may be ordered on line as well as by mail to the Bureau post office box.  See the “Deposit Funds” tab for details.

Bureau Policies

A page outlining Bureau policies has been added to the Bureau web page. Please click on the “Bureau Policies” tab on the Bureau web page for details.

July 13, 2013

The QSL Bureau had a table at the Milton Hamfest, which was sponsored by the Burlington Amateur Radio Club, today.  Look for us at future hamfests.

July 3 2013

Card Shipment Processed

A shipment of cards from the RAC Incoming QSL Bureau in New Brunswick was received by the East Coast Receiver, Garry Hammond,  VE3XN, in Listowel,  last week.  After a preliminary sort, the cards were delivered to Mississauga.. Following processing by the Card Sorting Manager, Murray Yewer, VE3JMY, and his team today, the cards will be delivered to the individual letter group Mailing Volunteers by the end of next week.  Card mailings to bureau users will be completed in July.