[Boatanchors] FS or?

[manualman at juno.com]

Probably only if you feel lying to a government agency is justified and
be willing to accept the circumstances. Actually, even the older ARRL
Handbooks that had tons of advertising in the back section, would not
qualify for media mail shipping under the current rules.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:29:04 -0400 w8au at sssnet.com writes:

> To me, the old QST mags are "history books."   And, they are, of 
> course.   Wonder if this innocent description would pass muster?
> 
> Perry   w8au

> At 01:19 PM 7/15/2011, Glen Zook wrote:
> >Unfortunately, the Post Office will NOT accept magazines as media 
> >mail.  It has to do with the advertising in them even though the 
> ads 
> >may be 50, or more, years old.
> >
> >Post Office clerks are now required to ask what is in the package 
> >and if you say "magazines", they will not be accepted.  Also, the 
> >Post Office is now inspecting a large number of media mail packages 
> 
> >to make sure that the contents are appropriate. If the contents do 
> 
> >not meet the standards then the package is usually returned to the 
> sender.
>