Many years ago, I scheduled a "QSL Exchange Contest",
but it never got off the ground.
The idea was a "contest" period in which all participants
agreed to complete a QSL card for each contact during that
period, and also agreed to mail all QSL cards on the day
after the end of the contest, along with a return SASE,
along with a Dollar per 100 QSLs they sent.
I figured I could get a ham club or church or school group
to sort and send the QSLs:
Estimate 600 stations participate sending 600 QSLs each.
600 Cards 4.5 inchs apart would requires 220 linear feet,
so they would fit on both sides of 11 10-foot tables
Since the incoming cards are already sorted, distributing at
20 cards per minute seems reasonable, so it would take
on the order of a half-hour per station.
For 600 stations, that's 300 people-hours,
or 30 volunteers for 10 hours,
plus a few hours to setup tables and get organized, etc.
But since each station sent in their one penny per QSL,
or $6 per station here, that volunteer group would get
$3600 for those 300 volunteer hours, or about $12 per
hour per volunteer, which seems fair for everybody.
I still think it is feasible, but is it desired?
Barry, W5GN
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