Questions about incoming mail, from SAmerica...
 

On 03/25/2011 03:44 PM, dxAce wrote:




Yeah, I now remember reading about that via DXLD back at the end of January.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



So why doesn't somebody in Costa Rica fwd for RHC?

Questions about incoming mail, from SAmerica...
 

On Mar 25, 2:02*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 25, 10:14*am, dave wrote:



On 03/25/2011 10:07 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

In the last year, the few QSL responses I have gotten from South
America were not ALL delayed, but the response from Brasilia seemed to
have some trouble getting here and came finally via registered mail.
Yesterday's QSL from Ecuador, likewise, came by registered mail,
although it was not delayed as far as I can tell.

RHCuba keeps threatening (by e-mail) to send a QSL, but they never
come.

Is there some weird postal rule that stuff coming in from Latin
America must be registered or delayed or otherwise? * Does such a rule
extend to other nations/continents as well?

Any insights appreciated...thanks!

Bruce

http://pe.usps.com/text/Imm/ab_028.htm#ep7147669-Hide quoted text -

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Brasilia sent me a QSL letter and some tourist info. *It came
registered, and bore the written evidence of delays and returns all
over it. *Sheesh.

The most obnoxious thing I send anywhere is a cassette tape / CD-Rom
with an audio recording on it. *If that counts as prohibited "used
consumer goods," well - I don't know what to say.

Bruce

BpnJ,

The CT/CD could contain encoded data on it
and sending it to a Foreign Country
+ Have You Ever Sent Emails to a Foreign Country ?
+ Have You Ever Made Phone Calls to a Foreign Country ?
-could- Mean that your are a 'Spy' {Foreign Agent}
-question- Did Your Every Post Anything About
Hearing/Listening To A Shortwave [HF] Radio
{Secret} Numbers Station ?
THEN YOU ARE MOST LIKELY ON A WATCH LIST !
-or-
Do you own a Shortwave Radio ?
Do you regulary Post to Newsgroups ?
Do you still call Newsgroups 'UseNet' ? {Sleeper Agent!}
Do you have a technical/scientific training/background ?
Then Most Likely You Are Listed As A Potential IED
a/o WMD 'Expert' -and-a- THREAT TO NATIONA SECURITY
-(o)-big-sis-is-watching-you-big-sis-is-watching-you-(o)-

you... you you you evil shortwave radio listener you ~ RHF

Questions about incoming mail, from SAmerica...
 

On Mar 25, 2:58*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 25, 2:15*pm, wrote:



On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:07:22 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen

wrote:
In the last year, the few QSL responses I have gotten from South
America were not ALL delayed, but the response from Brasilia seemed to
have some trouble getting here and came finally via registered mail.
Yesterday's QSL from Ecuador, likewise, came by registered mail,
although it was not delayed as far as I can tell.

RHCuba keeps threatening (by e-mail) to send a QSL, but they never
come.

Is there some weird postal rule that stuff coming in from Latin
America must be registered or delayed or otherwise? * Does such a rule
extend to other nations/continents as well?

Any insights appreciated...thanks!

Bruce

I know Cuban hams mostly use QSL managers in Spain. I've got 5 or 6
QSL cards from Cuba, but none have come direct. (Either from Spain or
the US for Guantanamo Bay).

I had a QSO with Arnie Coro a few weeks back and am waiting to see if
he sends a QSL card. I guess I will try sending one to him and see
what happens (and see what they say at the post office).

Jim(MI)- Hide quoted text -

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Hmmm - Interesting, could be a clue. *I know RHC gets my mail - they
read my letters on the air, and I get e-mails back from them with
contests and stuff. It appears, however, that it may be a one-way
street, for now. *At this point, I'd be quite happy with an e-QSL.

Bruce

BpnJ,

-m-a-y-b-e- Radio Habana Cuba uses a 'Water-Mark'*
on their real genuine Paper QSL Certificates.

* 'Water-Mark' -example-

Questions about incoming mail, from SAmerica...
 

On Mar 26, 2:09*am, dxAce wrote:
dave wrote:
On 03/25/2011 03:44 PM, dxAce wrote:

Yeah, I now remember reading about that via DXLD back at the end of January.

So why doesn't somebody in Costa Rica fwd for RHC?

It suppose it all goes back to 'country of origin', and the folks in Costa Rica
may not want 'their' mail held up because of U.S. 'suspicions' of what may or not
be in the mail from Cuba.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Well, as Jim mentioned, lots of Cuban hams use Spain (QSL managers) as
intermediaries. Makes sense to me.