QSLs - March 2010
 

ARGENTINA - 7061l KHz - LT1F amateur contest station, 7 MAR 2010 after
0400z. "LT1F - The Private Antenna Field 'Bad Power'" over blue
Argentinian Flag. Station in Rosario, Santa Fe. Via QSL Manager
AC7DX in Oregon in about a week. Thanks to Ron :-)

Bruce Jensen
California, USA

QSLs - March 2010
 

On Mar 20, 1:13*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
ARGENTINA - 7061l KHz - LT1F amateur contest station, 7 MAR 2010 after
0400z. *"LT1F - The Private Antenna Field 'Bad Power'" over blue
Argentinian Flag. *Station in Rosario, Santa Fe. *Via QSL Manager
AC7DX in Oregon in about a week. *Thanks to Ron :-)

Bruce Jensen
California, USA

You keep posting these Bruce and I may have to kick it back into
gear. ;-) Good job.

QSLs - March 2010
 

On Mar 21, 3:45*pm, Gregg wrote:
On Mar 20, 1:13*pm, bpnjensen wrote:

ARGENTINA - 7061l KHz - LT1F amateur contest station, 7 MAR 2010 after
0400z. *"LT1F - The Private Antenna Field 'Bad Power'" over blue
Argentinian Flag. *Station in Rosario, Santa Fe. *Via QSL Manager
AC7DX in Oregon in about a week. *Thanks to Ron :-)

Bruce Jensen
California, USA

You keep posting these Bruce and I may have to kick it back into
gear. ;-) *Good job.

It's fun :-)

QSLs - March 2010
 

SRI LANKA (Hooray!) - 13,780 kHz - Deutsche Welle relay at
Trincomalee, 6 MAR 2010, 1900-1930z. "Walled In! - Germany's Inner
Border" documentary commemorating 20 years of the "Fall of the Wall."
16 days - excellent fast service.

Bruce Jensen
California, USA

QSLs - March 2010
 

On Mar 22, 8:15*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
SRI LANKA (Hooray!) - 13,780 kHz - Deutsche Welle relay at
Trincomalee, 6 MAR 2010, 1900-1930z. *"Walled In! - Germany's Inner
Border" documentary commemorating 20 years of the "Fall of the Wall."
16 days - excellent fast service.


Bruce - are you getting the majority of your QSL's via email? I only
did it that way twice before.....a couple a pirate broadcasts. Is this
how the majority are doing it now? I always liked to send a hand
written letter to the stations.

QSLs - March 2010
 

On Mar 23, 5:31*am, Gregg wrote:
On Mar 22, 8:15*pm, bpnjensen wrote:

SRI LANKA (Hooray!) - 13,780 kHz - Deutsche Welle relay at
Trincomalee, 6 MAR 2010, 1900-1930z. *"Walled In! - Germany's Inner
Border" documentary commemorating 20 years of the "Fall of the Wall."
16 days - excellent fast service.

Bruce - are you getting the majority of your QSL's via email? I only
did it that way twice before.....a couple a pirate broadcasts. Is this
how the majority are doing it now? I always liked to send a hand
written letter to the stations.

If at all possible, I want a real QSL - so...

If I have a snailmail address, to ensure a snailmail reply, I send it
there - UNLESS, like Radio Nederland, VoA, Radio Prague, Radio Romania
International and a few other major broadcasters, they encourage e-
mail reports for hardcopy QSLs. With Deutsche Welle, whose English
website instructions leave just enough uncertainty to make me wonder,
I sent a snailmail. Needless to say, the service was exceedingly fast
for two-way overseas mail. I need to send them a "thank you" for
great service. Radio Prague was like this too - ten days after an e-
mail report, I had a QSL in-hand.

All of my QSLs received to date are snailmail hardcopy, but if
necessary, I would accept an e-mail QSL. I have a slew of them out
right now, sent by either snailmail or e-mail - RNZI, R. Romania I.,
V. Nigeria, Channel Africa, VoA Botswana, RN Madagascar, Vatican, V.
Russia, R. Japan, Twentieth Century Radio, Radio Victoria - we'll see
what comes back.

Bruce

QSLs - March 2010
 

On Mar 23, 11:26*am, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 23, 5:31*am, Gregg wrote:

On Mar 22, 8:15*pm, bpnjensen wrote:

SRI LANKA (Hooray!) - 13,780 kHz - Deutsche Welle relay at
Trincomalee, 6 MAR 2010, 1900-1930z. *"Walled In! - Germany's Inner
Border" documentary commemorating 20 years of the "Fall of the Wall."
16 days - excellent fast service.

Bruce - are you getting the majority of your QSL's via email? I only
did it that way twice before.....a couple a pirate broadcasts. Is this
how the majority are doing it now? I always liked to send a hand
written letter to the stations.

If at all possible, I want a real QSL - so...

If I have a snailmail address, to ensure a snailmail reply, I send it
there - UNLESS, like Radio Nederland, VoA, Radio Prague, Radio Romania
International and a few other major broadcasters, they encourage e-
mail reports for hardcopy QSLs. *With Deutsche Welle, whose English
website instructions leave just enough uncertainty to make me wonder,
I sent a snailmail. *Needless to say, the service was exceedingly fast
for two-way overseas mail. *I need to send them a "thank you" for
great service. *Radio Prague was like this too - ten days after an e-
mail report, I had a QSL in-hand.

All of my QSLs received to date are snailmail hardcopy, but if
necessary, I would accept an e-mail QSL. *I have a slew of them out
right now, sent by either snailmail or e-mail - RNZI, R. Romania I.,
V. Nigeria, Channel Africa, VoA Botswana, RN Madagascar, Vatican, V.
Russia, R. Japan, Twentieth Century Radio, Radio Victoria - we'll see
what comes back.

Bruce

10-4

QSLs - March 2010
 

VATICAN CITY - 11,740 KHz - Radio Vaticana, 27 February 2010, 0723 -
0745z. For reception report in English, $2 U.S. return postage.
Ancient microphone posed in front of St. Peter's Basilica. Includes
program schedule, postcard of Pope Benedict, station stickers; in 30
days.

Bruce Jensen
(California, USA)

QSLs - March 2010
 

Bruce,

Thanks for the repsonse to my noise problem.
I've got a great picture in my head of the next QSL card from the Vatican.



On 3/26/2010 6:20 PM, bpnjensen wrote:
VATICAN CITY - 11,740 KHz - Radio Vaticana, 27 February 2010, 0723 -
0745z. For reception report in English, $2 U.S. return postage.
Ancient microphone posed in front of St. Peter's Basilica. Includes
program schedule, postcard of Pope Benedict, station stickers; in 30
days.

Bruce Jensen
(California, USA)

QSLs - March 2010
 

On Mar 26, 3:47*pm, BobS wrote:
Bruce,

Thanks for the repsonse to my noise problem.

De nada, Senor.

I've got a great picture in my head of the next QSL card from the Vatican..

???? Inquiring minds want to KNOW! :-D

QSLs - March 2010 - Is this a QSL?
 

This is a tentative; I'm not sure what it means exactly.

PERU, Radio Victoria, 6019.28 kHz, 18 March 2010, 0445-0530z.

I sent a reception report in Spanish, and requested a QSL or
verification, by post with $3 US specifically identified for return
postage to:

Radio Victoria, via
Iglesia Pentecostal Dios es Amor
Av. Arica 248,
Breña
Lima, Lima 05,
Perú

I received an e-mail from a Mr. Carlos Cabrera Torres at R. Victoria -
here is his response, translated from Spanish:

"Dear Bruce Jensen: It was gratifying for us to read [your] report
tuning our [Emisora] Radio Victoria, which operates from the city of
Lima, capital of Peru, South America.

"We are gratified and very pleased to know that our sound waves from
reaching your country and indeed also that programming is your
pleasure. You can send your report to us at:
or to this email. and thus extend our relationship.

"We also take this [opportunity] to thank [you] for [your] report
which is very useful for us. From now part of our circle of friends of
Radio Victoria. Without further ado, Sincerely,

CARLOS CABRERA TORRES
DIRECTOR DE PRENSA DE RADIOPERIÓDICO NUEVO MUNDO
RADIO VICTORIA - 780 Klcs. AM
Of. 424-4321 // 997121896
RPM CLARO: 989077075"

There is absolutely no other detail. So - is this a QSL or
verification? I know that R. Victoria has QSLed many times in the
past for others - but I am not sure about this message.

Should I resend it to the e-mail?

Any insights appreciated.

Bruce Jensen

QSLs - March 2010 - Is this a QSL?
 

On this message, being uncertain as to whether a physical QSL is
forthcoming via post, I simply sent another e-mail in Spanish with Sr.
Cabrera's e-mail, requesting clarification about whether the signal I
heard was in fact Radio Victoria. In my e-mail I included the vital
details, so if he responds directly, the facts will be in the e-mail.
Maybe the best I can do without being gauche?

OTOH, maybe they'll send a pile of stuff - weirder things have
happened!

Bruce Jensen
****************

On Mar 30, 8:43*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
This is a tentative; I'm not sure what it means exactly.

PERU, Radio Victoria, 6019.28 kHz, 18 March 2010, 0445-0530z.

I sent a reception report in Spanish, and requested a QSL or
verification, by post with $3 US specifically identified for return
postage to:

Radio Victoria, via
Iglesia Pentecostal Dios es Amor
Av. Arica 248,
Breña
Lima, Lima 05,
Perú

I received an e-mail from a Mr. Carlos Cabrera Torres at R. Victoria -
here is his response, translated from Spanish:

"Dear Bruce Jensen: It was gratifying for us to read [your] report
tuning our [Emisora] Radio Victoria, which operates from the city of
Lima, capital of Peru, South America.

"We are gratified and very pleased to know that our sound waves from
reaching your country and indeed also that programming is your
pleasure. You can send your report to us at:
or to this email. and thus extend our relationship.

"We also take this [opportunity] to thank [you] for [your] report
which is very useful for us. From now part of our circle of friends of
Radio Victoria. Without further ado, Sincerely,

CARLOS CABRERA TORRES
DIRECTOR DE PRENSA DE RADIOPERIÓDICO NUEVO MUNDO
RADIO VICTORIA - 780 Klcs. AM
Of. 424-4321 // 997121896
RPM CLARO: 989077075"

There is absolutely no other detail. *So - is this a QSL or
verification? *I know that R. Victoria has QSLed many times in the
past for others - but I am not sure about this message.

Should I resend it to the e-mail?

Any insights appreciated.

Bruce Jensen