[OKDXA] GS or IRC?

[Peter Laws]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:45, N5PA <n5pa at n5pa.com> wrote:

> I probably used 99.9% GS to get my QSL cards.  I know a lot of people take
> them but there are a lot that do not or cannot take them.  I chose to do the

Thanks for all the replies.

I've used GS before and got most of them back.  Doesn't help that I
moved 6 months after the last batch  and yes, I did file a COA with
the USPS.

I was poking at some ham postal websites and reading about IRCs.
Seems the USPS has always had "issues" with them probably due to the
fact that hams seem to be the only users!

The current price for an IRC is $2.10.  Many countries can't mail your
card back for a single GS, so 2GS is better anyway.  It's a wash that
way.

I wonder if getting 1 Euro bills would be better?  Their only about
$1.60 (+fee, surely).  Assuming there are Euro bills.

As for the buro, I have envelopes on file, but I need to confirm 12
countries to even *get* DXCC, and all but a few of these particular
QSOs have been QSLed via the buro at least once, most over two years
ago and some as long as 4 years ago.  So I really need to do direct
again ...


73,
Peter

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