[Dx-qsl] When does it make sense to mail directly to an incomingDX bureau?

[Steven Wheatley KU9C]

That price is actually for surface mail.  The M Bag is quite a bit lower, but it has a initial cost that makes it inexpensive only for 4-5 pounds or so 

See table 7b on this page   http://pe.usps.com/text/pub51/51tblb_003.html


If the box gets real heavy (50-60 pounds, etc) you can also considder surface parcel post.  The M Bag, however, protects the sh ipment a bit better, and you can ship multiple boxes (60 pounds in ONE box is a lot of weight to successfully transport unless you pack it very well)

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net>
Date:  Tue, 16 May 2006 12:16:43 -0700

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>On May 16, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
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>> --- Ron Notarius WN3VAW <wn3vaw at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>> I assume that the rate you mentioned was (is) for the domestic US  
>>> bureaus, or
>>> is it also for the overseas bureaus?
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>> The $2.50/pound surface rate was from the US overseas - countries  
>> like United
>> Kingdom, Japan, etc.
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>>    http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_019.html
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>> I can't find the rate at this time, but I'm sure it's between $2.50  
>> and
>> $8.00/pound.
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>> 73 - Jim AD1C
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>$2.85 - 6.00 for 16 oz., depending on destination.  It is in the  
>second table on this page:
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>http://pe.usps.com/text/pub51/51tblb_002.html#vnameref_1
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>73, Bob N7XY
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