If you read the back side of an IRC it clearly states:
THIS COUPON IS EXCHANGABLE IN ANY COUNTRY OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNIONFOR
THE MINIMUM POSTAGE FOR AN UNREGISTWERED PRIORITY ITEM OR AN UNREGISTERED
LETTER SENT BY AIR TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY
Therefore 1 IRC should suffice for an air mail envelope and a QSL card.
Any more is robbery without violence!!
Tom
GM4FDM
(QSL Manager)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Art RX9TX'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <dx-chat@njdxa.org>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] one more no buro manager
Art,
> I have no access to a buro so you will need to send direct...... as
> postage costs are getting worse you will require 2 ircs or $4usd or
> $4euro for postage for the package. Address is below.
That's what I have lately got in reply to my e-mail request for buro
QSL. Since there is 2 USD step, as I see, who will be the first one
requesting 6 dollars or 6 Euros for a confirmation? Is the postage in
Australia THAT expensive? And does VK-buro work THAT bad?
Whoever sent you this should be reported to ARRL as being "unsportsman-
like." Looking at the Australian Post Office web site reveals that the
tariff for international air mail (letter to 50 g) to most of the world
is 1.80$ (AUD). Looking at www.oanda.com, the current conversion rate
between the USD and AUD is 1.336 ... thus the cost is about $1.35 US to
mail three or four cards from Australia to anyplace in the world (one
IRC or two GS should be sufficient).
As to the bureau ... in much of the world, those who are not members of
the national society do not have access to the bureau. Quite frankly,
as slow as it may be, every QSL manager should still be required to be
a member of his/her national society and respond to bureau cards (even
if it takes a couple years) ... particularly with demands like this!
Conclusion: LoTW rules.
Absolutely! Of course, there are the managers/expeditions that are not
putting QSOs on LotW until they receive the card (even though their logs
have been available for the on-line searches since day one! That also
runs counter to the spirit of LotW.
73,
... Joe, W4TV (ex K4IK)
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