On Nov 28, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Mark Ward via groups.io <wa7eqw@...> wrote:



I am close enough getting 5BWAZ that I have started sending out some cards.  I do all my QSLing the old fashioned way, via mail.  I recently sent several cards to Russia, to have them all returned.  The USPS suspended all mail services to Russia last March, according to what I could find out.  The USPS refunded my international postage.  No word on how long this will last, but FYI....Mark....W7ZB  

On Nov 28, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Mark Ward via groups.io <wa7eqw@...> wrote:



I am close enough getting 5BWAZ that I have started sending out some cards.  I do all my QSLing the old fashioned way, via mail.  I recently sent several cards to Russia, to have them all returned.  The USPS suspended all mail services to Russia last March, according to what I could find out.  The USPS refunded my international postage.  No word on how long this will last, but FYI....Mark....W7ZB  

I am close enough getting 5BWAZ that I have started sending out some cards.  I do all my QSLing the old fashioned way, via mail.  I recently sent several cards to Russia, to have them all returned.  The USPS suspended all mail services to Russia last March, according to what I could find out.  The USPS refunded my international postage.  No word on how long this will last, but FYI....Mark....W7ZB  

On Nov 29, 2022, at 10:58 AM, Larry Johnson <larryj@...> wrote:



Earlier this year, I sent a direct request to an EU1 Belarus station, requesting a QSL card for an 80M CW QSO. His QRZ page says "via DIRECT only", so I enclosed a QSL, SAE and $3 USD.

 

It came back to me some time later, in my original envelope, with multiple pages of official-looking paperwork (rubber stamped by various agencies,) but all in Cyrillic text, which I can't read. I could make out something about the $3 USD (which they kept) and they also returned my SAE and QSL card. It evidently never made it to the ham, whose QSL card I was requesting.

 

The next thing I plan to try is to see if he responds to his email address as shown on QRZ.

 

Larry K7LJ

 

 

 

 

 

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… and Belarus.

On Nov 28, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Mark Ward via groups.io <wa7eqw@...> wrote:

I am close enough getting 5BWAZ that I have started sending out some cards.  I do all my QSLing the old fashioned way, via mail.  I recently sent several cards to Russia, to have them all returned.  The USPS suspended all mail services to Russia last March, according to what I could find out.  The USPS refunded my international postage.  No word on how long this will last, but FYI....Mark....W7ZB  

 

Earlier this year, I sent a direct request to an EU1 Belarus station, requesting a QSL card for an 80M CW QSO. His QRZ page says "via DIRECT only", so I enclosed a QSL, SAE and $3 USD.

It came back to me some time later, in my original envelope, with multiple pages of official-looking paperwork (rubber stamped by various agencies,) but all in Cyrillic text, which I can't read. I could make out something about the $3 USD (which they kept) and they also returned my SAE and QSL card. It evidently never made it to the ham, whose QSL card I was requesting.

The next thing I plan to try is to see if he responds to his email address as shown on QRZ.

Larry K7LJ





-----Original Message-----
From: <wvdxc@groups.io>
Sent: Nov 28, 2022 5:03 PM
To: <wvdxc@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [wvdxc] Mail Service from US to Russia Suspended


&hellip; and Belarus.

On Nov 28, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Mark Ward via groups.io <wa7eqw@...> wrote:


I am close enough getting 5BWAZ that I have started sending out some cards. I do all my QSLing the old fashioned way, via mail. I recently sent several cards to Russia, to have them all returned. The USPS suspended all mail services to Russia last March, according to what I could find out. The USPS refunded my international postage. No word on how long this will last, but FYI....Mark....W7ZB