re you an amateur radio operator who is not a current user of the ARRL 7^th Call Area Incoming QSL Bureau, operated under the auspices of the Willamette Valley DX Club? The 7^th Call Area QSL bureau is open to all amateurs with a '7' call (e.g.: W7, K7, AK7, etc., but excluding Alaska or Hawaii calls), regardless of operator class.  You do not have to be an ARRL member.

We currently have thousands of cards for hundreds of 7^th call area amateurs in our deadfiles because no SASE'S (self-addressed stamped envelopes) are on file or there is no established credit with the bureau.  Reasonable contact attempts are made using email addresses from QRZ and Buckmaster (and in some cases through postcards), but many of these email addresses are not current and bounce.

If you are not a current bureau user, but have had contacts with amateurs outside the US, you may have cards in our deadfiles.  Due to the high costs of mailing, most foreign amateurs accumulate and forward their cards in bulk to the ARRL HQ for redistribution or direct to the various US QSL bureaus.

To claim foreign QSL cards (including from Canada) see the instructions and forms at www.qsl.net/wvdxc.  No Internet capability?  Follow the basic rule - keep at least two 6x9 or 5x7 SASE's on file with:

ARRL 7^th Area QSL Bureau
PO Box 555
Portland, OR 97207-0555

Have Internet capability and want to know the status of your account or if you have cards in the deadfile?  A list of the current bureau sorters, by alphabet letter, is at www.wvdxc.org under the 'W7 QSL Bureau' button.  Most volunteers have email addresses and can give you the status of your account.

Please note: ARRL rules allow for the disposal of deadfile cards 90 days after reasonable efforts have been made to contact the affected amateur.  Each sorter only has limited space for storing deadfile cards.

We don't want to dispose of any cards that might be yours, so please, always keep at least one SASE on file with the bureau.

-Ken Miller, K7IFG
Manager, ARRL 7^th Call Area Incoming QSL Bureau