[Dx-qsl] Several IRCs

[Phil Whitchurch]

FWIW, in the UK one IRC will purchase postage for up to 20 grammes to a 
European destination and postage for up to 10 grammes to a destination 
outside Europe.

 From experience I know that a single, two sided card, plus envelope etc. 
weighs about 6 grammes.  Four sided cards such as D68C plus an envelope 
weigh just over 10 grammes.  Six sided cards such as 3Y0X plus an 
envelope weigh around 15 grammes.

Thus, 2 IRCs are necessary for a single D68C card to be sent outside 
Europe.

I make no comment about the organisers of any DX-pedition choosing to 
use four or six sided cards.

I believe that most postal administrations have a similar (although not 
identical) ranges of weights.

Hope this helps.

73

In message <00b601c6b7df$b3192f40$7e01a8c0 at phub.net.cable.rogers.com>, 
Vladimir V. Sidorov <eu1sa at belsonet.net> writes
>Gents,
>
>The below by no means is not related to any particular statement in the
>list.
>
>In my very humble opinion an IRC covers a postage of a letter to any other
>country in the World.
>
>An IRC costs quite differently in different countries, but it serves its
>purpose everywhere regardless currency exchange rates, etc.
>
>Can anybody explain me in clear plain language why some people require more
>than 1 IRC for a single postage?
>
>Rather rhetoric, but... OK, you can consider it just steaming off.
>
>73,
>
>Vladimir VE3IAE
>
>
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