no, if you take or send your cards to an arrl awards manager (i am one for vucc, was and 5bwas), you do not pay anything other than a check to the arrl for the cost of your award plus the postage to return your cards to you (if you did not take them in person). we are not allowed to accept any fee for checking cards, we volunteer to do this for other hams. i became an awards manager long ago when there was none in houston and i had to send my cards to san antonio. i have checked many a card since then.
73...bruce
________________________________ From: Zachary Beougher zack.kd8ksn@hotmail.com To: John Neeley w6zkh@att.net; Rick - WA4NVM wa4nvm@comcast.net; Jeff Yanko wb3jfs@cox.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 8:38:51 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC QSO costs
Do you need to pay the card checker the $.20/QSO, or is that only if you send them directly to ARRL??
I agree with Rick - the wording is not very clear.
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: John Neeley Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 9:07 AM To: Rick - WA4NVM ; Jeff Yanko ; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC QSO costs
Sounds like to me all the better to find a Card Checker in your area before sending anything to ARRL. Save on postage, etc. Hopefully the Card Checker wont want his cut too now? Sign of the times, it looks like to me...
John W6ZKH #37184
________________________________ From: Rick - WA4NVM wa4nvm@comcast.net To: Jeff Yanko wb3jfs@cox.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 4:54:02 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC QSO costs
Hi Jeff and the BB,
I just found both applications on the ARRL website. (the old form, date 2009, and the new form, date Jan. 2011) see following website:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Awards/VUCC%20App%202011.pdf
It looks like instead of a flat $10 fee, they now have gone to multiple fees for postage, the application and number of contacts. If I'm comprehending this correctly, if you apply for additional VUCC sticker, in the US and a ARRL member, and turn in 60 cards, it would cost you the following:
$1 postage, $7 application fee, and $.20 x 60 = $12 for a total of $20.00
Is this correct? I welcome all replies, if not.
73 all,
Rick WA4NVM
Hi all,
I was just looking over the VUCC award application and noticed that they now charge 20 cents per QSO. Is this fee only applicable if cards are sent to HQ for submission or in general even if you take them to a card checker? Thanks in advance!
73,
Jeff WB3JFS
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