{"id":44728,"date":"2026-01-16T13:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=44728"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:23:38","slug":"important-changes-to-the-rsgb-qsl-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2026\/01\/16\/important-changes-to-the-rsgb-qsl-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Important changes to the RSGB QSL Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB is pleased to announce the next stage in developing its <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/qsl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>QSL Bureau services<\/strong><\/a> following the retirement of QSL Bureau Manager Richard Constantine, G3UGF.<\/p>\n<p>After a comprehensive review of long-term options, the Society has entered into a formal contractual agreement with the German national radio society\u2014<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darc.de\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deutscher Amateur Radio Club<\/a><\/strong> (DARC)\u2014to process all incoming and outgoing RSGB QSL cards.<\/p>\n<p>DARC operates a modern, high-capacity QSL bureau.<\/p>\n<p>Its systems already support a number of national societies and offer industrial-scale reliability, digital processing capability and long-term resilience.<\/p>\n<p>This partnership will provide a robust and effective QSL bureau service for RSGB members.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers remain central to the RSGB QSL Bureau service.<\/p>\n<p>We extend our thanks to all <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/qsl-bureau\/list-of-qsl-sub-managers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>sub-managers<\/strong><\/a>, whose dedication forms the backbone of the service.<\/p>\n<p>The new arrangements are designed to support volunteer involvement, not replace it, and to ensure volunteers have a strong infrastructure behind them.<\/p>\n<p>The new service preserves the traditional bureau structure but will offer additional options for Members who send cards.<\/p>\n<p>For full details please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/qsl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>rsgb.org\/qsl<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB is pleased to announce the next stage in developing its QSL Bureau services following the retirement of QSL Bureau Manager Richard Constantine, G3UGF. After a comprehensive review of long-term options, the Society has entered into a formal contractual agreement with the German national radio society\u2014Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC)\u2014to process all incoming and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44728"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44861,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44728\/revisions\/44861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}