[HCDX] Remarks from the SRS Drop Box in Merseburg

["Martin Schoech" <radio@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Remarks from the SRS Drop Box in Merseburg :

All reception reports to Pirate Stations are very welcome, but
some reports make it quite difficult for me as the drop box operator.

Thus the following remarks seem to be necessary : 

1 Please include 'SRS Germany' in the first or second line of the 
address if you want to send a report to the Merseburg Drop-box !

2 If you do not know how to use the c/o please do not use it !

SRS Germany
c/o Station ABC
is nonsense !

The correct way would be
Station ABC
c/o SRS Germany
Postfach 1136
06201 Merseburg
Germany

3 Do not use abbreviations, use the station name. E.R. can mean 
Enjoy Radio or Eldorado Radio, thus I have to open the letter ..

4 If you are not sure about what you heard do send the report to me
personally (or ask at first via E-mail) or wait for the next log list
and try to find out the station name.

5 Do not send unused stamps unless you are sure you use the 
correct currency. I keep getting reports for Dutch stations with 
German stamps as return postage. An address in Germany does not 
necessarily mean that its a German station. 
Remark for all those outside the Euro-zone : A common currency in 
the region does NOT mean that stamps can be used in different Euro
countries, too !

6 Remember to enclose return postage. Several listeners do not 
include return postage. Several other listeners include only simply
return postage. The normal value (in Europe) is 2 times the postage
value for a simple letter (means 2 normal stamps)  or 1 USD (Now at 
the moment that the USD is falling down this relation is not valid ..). 
Do not send IRC's for reports inside Europe, that is wasting money. 

For reports from outside IRC's are a good thing, old and new IRC's  
are valid in Germany as well as in the Netherlands (even if they 
sometimes tell something different)

7 Try to avoid sending Euro-Coins as return postage. Since letters
undergo a 'treatment' in large 'sorting factories' build by the post
these letters that contain sharp things are often destroyed since letter
run between several rolls that are pressed together .. If you enclose
coins secure them with tape to a sheet of strong paper.

8 Please include good details in your reports. I see many reports that
consist of details like 'music announcer address'. If I were the radio
station I would not issue a qsl for these reports.

9 If you do not get an answer from a certain station please inform me
via E-mail. Stations that do not qsl are not allowed to use the drop 
box in Merseburg.

yours
Martin from Merseburg

Information about Pirate Radio Addresses at my homepage : 
Pirate R Address List        http://listen.to/pwdb


---[Start Commercial]---------------------

World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom

---[End Commercial]-----------------------
________________________________________
Hard-Core-DX mailing list
Hard-Core-DX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/
_______________________________________________

THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed
and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License
published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt