Mail Delivery of QSL's is Now a Problem

[Clark L. Stewart]

Today I received the following email from XE1XA who I worked on 23cm EME.  On December 12th I sent him my QSL, SAE and $3.  Apparently it took more than 3 weeks for it to reach him.  But, now he is not able to send me his QSL by mail!

Hi Clark,

I received your QSL card a week ago, thank you very much. I tried to send you my QSL, but for some reason related to postal rate agreements between the USA and Mexico, postal service is suspended!. I will send you my QSL as soon as possible with someone traveling to the USA.

CU off the Moon!

Max – XE1XA.

I have seen other mentions on various reflectors about some countries no longer being able to send QSL's to the U.S. because of Tariff restrictions.

Here is an article from Newsweek from last August:




In the last month I have managed to receive QSL's from Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany but it shocked me to learn today that a simple letter envelope with a QSL inside from Mexico was not able to be mailed to the U.S.


73, Clark, W8TN