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------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 09:58:26 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "David McAulay (VK3EW)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: HK Buro LCRA TO BE DISSOLVED ---> "My old friend HK3DDD has just informed me that postal rates in Colombia were doubled as of January 1, 2003 and it now costs the equivalent of US$2.00 to send a letter from Colombia to the USA", Fred, K3ZO reports. "It now costs HJ/HK hams the equivalent of 13 cents per QSL to send outgoing cards through the bureau, but anyway the bureau won't be available any longer because the Colombian IARU-member society LCRA is meeting this Saturday to dissolve itself, since with only 200 paid-up members and US$8000 of debt it feels it can no longer stay in business. Beto says Colombian hams have stopped calling CQ and running stations because they can't afford to handle the consequences economically. Colombian DXers are simply searching and pouncing these days, looking for new countries for themselves". ------- End of forwarded message ------- 73, Steve - KF2TI What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? > Anyone Can Roast Beef How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest? > They Take The Psycho Path What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean And Twitches? > A Nervous Wreck outgoing mail scanned with Norton's NAV2003 ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net -------------------------------------------------------
