Gerald Readore wrote:
N8KDV wrote in message ...
Gerald Readore wrote:
I was wondering what others have done in trying to QSL North Korea. I
heard them yesterday and want to send them a reception report, but
can't send it from the U.S. directly. Passport to World Band Radio
gave the name of someone I believe in Germany who could forward a
letter for you. Has anyone done this? I could also ask someone in
another country that I know to send it.
Looking forward to here others experiences.
Gerald
You CAN send it from the U.S., however it will likely be intercepted
along the way, and you'll wind up getting anti North Korean letters or
literature from either South Korea or Japan, as Passport alludes to.
What I did to verify North Korea was to Send the report to the English
Section of Radio Beijing (now China Radio International) in a separate
envelope addressed to Radio Pyongyang (now Voice of Korea) along with a
letter to the folks at Radio Beijing explaining the situation with the
mail, and asking them if they would kindly forward the reception report
to Pyongyang.
Of course I put a $ or two in the envelope for the kind individual at CRI
who will forward your report.
A few weeks after following the above procedure, I received my QSL from
Pyongyang.
I hope this helps you to get your QSL.
Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B
http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm
Thanks for the information. My memory could be going, but I thought I
remembered taking a reception report to the Post Office to mail to
North Korea about 2 yrs ago and the person behind the counter said
North Korea wasn't on the rate list or something like that and
couldn't mail it.
One other question. On the actual letter that you ask the person at
CRI to forward to Voice of Korea did you put postage on it or asked
the CRI person to do that with the $1 or two that you sent?
Gerald
Unless you have the proper Chinese postage to put on the letter I'd suggest not putting postage
on it! (i.e., do not put U.S. postage on it).
And, I didn't ask the person at CRI to put postage on it, only to kindly forward it to N. Korea.
That's the purpose of the $ or $$. They'll take care of it.
This may not be a totally foolproof way of QSL'ing N. Korea, but it has worked in the past for
myself and others who had been trying to obtain a QSL. Your mileage may vary.
Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B