Suggestion is for everyone to use LOTW and we will have no use for
IRC's.....
I have worked 331 countries and I have cards from everyone of them --- like
the DX'er that works DX and says I don't care about anyone else --- I know I
have worked them... I am reminded of the famous line from the movies
" Show me the money " -- QSLing has always been a part of the hobby - we are
losing bits and pieces of the hobby on a regular basis - hopefully this will
not be another of those pieces...
You can have 100,000 contacts on LOTW --- I will never see or hear of
them....
Jim... VE3CM
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 15 19:25:59 2005
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph Glockner)
Date: Tue Mar 15 19:29:11 2005
Subject: [Dxbase] the New Large IRC's will expire in 2006
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Dick,
The OLDEST IRC that I still have in my possession has
a Postmark from Atherton, Australia 26JA61 .... (1961)..
The next best is 1968 ...
I just never redeemed the IRC's until it was TOO LATE -
then I just kept these that I could not redeem as part
of my stamp collection.
73 Joe WA6AXE
Richard W. Solomon wrote:
> Time for the conspiracy theorists to start a story about collusion
> between the IPU/ITU/LOTW forces !!
> But, if enough folks get on the LOTW bandwagon, then we will have
> no use for IRC's.
> Now, who has the oldest IRC in their possession ??
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of FireBrick
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:58 PM
> To: DXBase List; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Steven Wheatley KU9C
> Subject: [Dxbase] the New Large IRC's will expire in 2006
>
>
> I found this on the cluster.
>
>
> BIG PROBLEM COMING SOON WITH THE 'NEW-TYPE' IRC's......
> AS YOU KNOW, DXers HAVE USED IRC's AS INTERNATIONAL QSL CURRENCY FOR
> DECADES. THEN THE INTERNATIONAL POSTAL UNION BROUGHT OUT THE NEW,
> LARGER TYPE IRC's IN 2000, THAT ARE DESIGNED TO HAVE A 'SELL-BY' DATE
> ON THEM, SO THAT THEY BECOME WORTHLESS IF NOT REDEEMED IN SIX YEARS.
> NOT GOOD NEWS FOR HAMS, AS MANY OF THE EXCELLENT OLD-TYPE IRC's HAD BEEN
> IN CIRCULATION FOR OVER 30 YEARS WITHOUT PROBLEM. FROM 2000 WE WERE TOLD,
> THEY WOULD BE ISSUED WITH A SIX-YEAR EXPIRY DATE.
> OK, THAT WAS BAD NEWS BACK IN 2000.
> BUT NOW IT'S 2005.
> SO WHAT YEAR DO YOU RECKON THAT NEW SIX-YEAR IRC's BEING SOLD TODAY
> SHOULD EXPIRE? ( BET YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE 2011, DIDN'T YOU? )
>
> NO SIR. THE BAD NEW IS, THAT ALL 'NEW' IRC'S EXPIRE IN 2006 !! ALL OF
> THEM!
> THAT MEANS THAT THE 'SIX-YEAR' COUPONS THAT YOU BUY TODAY WILL BECOME
> WORTHLESS IN A MATTER OF MONTHS, AND ALL MONEY PAID WILL BE LOST UNLESS
> THE IRC IS CASHED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE DEADLINE IN 2006.
>
> AS FAR AS I CAN FIND OUT FROM POST OFFICES IN THE UK AT LEAST, ALL STOCKS
> OF IRC's WERE PRINTED WITH THE SAME EXPIRY DATE - 2006.
> I GUESS WE ALL THOUGHT THAT THE EXPIRY DATE WOULD TRACK THE DATE OF SALE,
> ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD BY A MONTH AT A TIME. BUT NO, THE EXPIRY DATE HAS
> REMAINED FIXED AT 2006 WHILST TIME HAS PASSED, MAKING THE 'SIX YEAR'
> IRC's NOW ONLY ONE-YEAR IRC's.
> IT APPEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN RIPPED-OFF. AND WORSE THAN THAT, THE VALUE OF
> THE IRC AS AN 'INTERNATIONAL PROMISE OF VALUE' HAS BEEN BADLY ERODED.
> WHAT ARE WE GOING TO USE IN FUTURE?
> 73 Paul G4XTA @ GB7SAN.#78.GBR.EU
>
>
>
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>
> W9OL, Bill H. in Chicagoland
>
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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 15 20:10:26 2005
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (FireBrick)
Date: Tue Mar 15 20:13:35 2005
Subject: [Dxbase] irc's
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I found one of my IRC's from when I started in communications.
I think it's stamped BC?????
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We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?
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Bill H. in Chicagoland
