[DX] US SASE postage increase

Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:27:27 +0000

Don't forget about the bureau envelopes you have on file also!!!!!
73, Tom K5IID
E-sorter for the W5 ARRL Bureau

At 06:27 04/16/02 -0400, Tony Martin wrote:
>I would just like to second Steve's timely note.  Good advice
>and much appreciated.  Pass along the suggestion to your
>fellow DXers that might not have internet access...a club
>meeting would be a good place for reminders too.  Thanks
>to those who have already sent "unattached" 3 centers..
>they are going into the "postage jar".
>
>73
>Tony, W4FOA
>Chickamauga, GA
>
>
>
>Steven Wheatley KU9C wrote:
> >
> > At the risk of beating a dead horse, let me call to all US amateurs 
> attention, when sending a SASE to a US MANAGER, start putting an extra 3 
> cents worth of stamps in the SASE.
> >
> > IDEALLY, you'd place the 3 cent stamp in the SASE, but not on the 
> SASE.  Thus, in the event your SASE is filled and sent to you before the 
> increase, the manager can put it to good use (or buy a 3 cent cup of 
> java) rather than donate it to the postal system.
> >
> > But, remember, its HIGHLY likely that your SASE WILL NOT be 
> filled.  You know the postage is going up.  Start sending the right SASE.
> >
> > For those that have sent them recently,  THANK YOU.  I frankly expect 
> to have PW0T out by that time, but if there is a problem with your QSL 
> request, I'll have the postage covered.
> >
> > This is not as much about the 3 cents as it is the pain to put the 
> stamps on YOUR SASE.    And trust me, the 3 cents, either way isn't going 
> to change my lifestyle, but the pain in the butt that it causes will slow 
> me down, hence your QSL request will be slowed as well.
> >
> > 73
> > Steve KU9C
> >
> > ---------------------------
> > Steve Wheatley KU9C
> > PO Box 5953
> > Parsippany NJ  07054-6953
> > U.S.A.
> >
> > email:  [email protected]
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> >
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