[amsat-bb] Re: IRC's to be discontinued

[B J]

IRCs are still available from Canada Post.  As far as I know it'll
continue selling them.

73s

Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL




On 11/8/12, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE <kevin at eaglecreekobservatory.org> wrote:
> The last time I walked into my local USPS office and asked for an IRC all I
> got were dumb looks and "What's an IRC?"
>
>
> Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
> Eagle Creek Observatory
> http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org
> Common sense is so rare these days it should be classified as a Super Power
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of John Papay
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:46 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] IRC's to be discontinued
>
> The ARRL Letter dated November 8th has an item about the USPS proposing to
> discontinue the sale of IRC's here in the United States.  If you are
> sending
> for a QSL card to many countries, the alternative compensation, American
> dollar bills, are likely to be stolen by a postal worker.  Your card never
> makes it and you don't get one back.  IRC's can only be exchanged for
> stamps
> so the likelihood of them being stolen is lessened.
>
> IRC's are available at usps.com so there is no need to have them stocked or
> ordered at a local post office.  It costs literally nothing to have them in
> the online store.  If the sale of IRC's is discontinued here in the US, you
> will have to buy them from another country.  IRC's must be exchanged for
> postage by Universal Postal Union member countries but there is no
> requirement that they be sold in member countries.
>
> There is a link in the ARRL Letter that goes to a site where you can file
> comments regarding the proposal.  The URL is
> http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=USPS-2012-0101-0001
>
> I did that and made the case for retaining them in the usps.com store only.
> Please consider doing the same so we don't have to buy them overseas.
>
> 73,
> John K8YSE
>
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