At this point everyone who has any of the "Beijing model 1" IRCs should be exchanging them for postage and getting them out of the Amateur Radio system. See these two articles http://www.arrl.org/?artid=6982 http://www.dailydx.com/irc.htm 73 Bernie Bernie McClenny, W3UR Now more than ever - you need The Daily DX and The Weekly DX - to keep up with the DX news from around the globe! Editor of - The Daily DX <-- two free weeks http://www.dailydx.com/order.htm - The Weekly DX <-- free sample http://www.dailydx.com/weekly2.html - How's DX http://www.dailydx.com -----Original Message----- From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KIR Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 23:26 To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx-qsl] IRC's I'm a little confused. Some DXpeditions are saying not to send IRCs issued before 1 July 06. Why? I have the new type issued in 2004. What's wrong with using them? The USPS manual says my IRCs are still good. Are the pre 1 July 06 new type IRCs being phased out? "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got...till it's gone." from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets and help financially. Please contribute TODAY !!