[Dx-qsl] About those IRC's

Sat Jul 13 07:38:01 2002

I can't explain the 1ドル.75 but I've been told that the reason for 2 IRCs
in some jurisdictions is that they are just following the international
postal rules !!!
An IRC covers the postage for one First Class Air Mail letter. 
The issue is, in the good old USofA that is one ounce. Here is the rub,
in Germany for example a first class Air Mail letter cannot exceed 20
grams!! Errr ... 20 grams is 0.7 ounce!!! Hmmmm !!! That means 2 IRCs
are required to mail 1 ounce letter. Eureka!! We gotta change the QSL
system to now control the weight as well as the size of the card...... 
What next ?
DD, W1MCE
Ron Notaries WN3VAW wrote:
>> Bear with me a moment on this one, gang.
>> As part of the fallout of our thread earlier re:K1B, I've received a couple
> of direct emails from a list member who seems, well, pretty upset about
> IRC's. To make a long story short, he doesn't understand why domestically
> they cost 1ドル.75 yet only buys an $.80 stamp, nor does he understand why some
> some overseas postal administrations require more than one IRC for an air
> mail letter.
>