Hi all

After a 7 year absence I am getting back into listening to Shortwave Radio.

The other day I was hunting around through my old QSL collection and found
quite a few respectable catches including RFO New Caledonia on 666 khz
medium wave.

My favourite though is a QSL card I received form Radio Tampa in Japan. It
folds up into a U - shape.There are 2 holes with plastic lenses in one end.
You look through the holes at the other end of the card. Tthe left eye sees
one image of Japan and the right another. The two meld into a 3d image which
is really neat.

What is your favourite QSL card?

Also, one other question. Since 7 years ago the Internet has really taken
off. I suppose it woulf be possible to send reception reports by email,
possibly with a recording of reception in wav format. Do short wave radio
statiosn now prefer emails + recordings or is it better to send in thr
report by mail the old fashioned way?

cheers Peter

My favourite QSL's a
R. St. Helena on 1548 Khz MW and
Coco's Island, Cambridge Bay and Nandi, Fiji = all aeradio stations.

Quite a lot of radio stations will now accept e-mail QSL's and reply this
way,
but there are still some diehard station managers that will only respond to
a properly prepared QSL request by snail mail.
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s.
Icom 756 PRO III with mods
RX Drake R8B, SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop

"peter berrett" wrote in message
...

Hi all

After a 7 year absence I am getting back into listening to Shortwave
Radio.

The other day I was hunting around through my old QSL collection and found
quite a few respectable catches including RFO New Caledonia on 666 khz
medium wave.

My favourite though is a QSL card I received form Radio Tampa in Japan. It
folds up into a U - shape.There are 2 holes with plastic lenses in one
end.
You look through the holes at the other end of the card. Tthe left eye
sees
one image of Japan and the right another. The two meld into a 3d image
which
is really neat.

What is your favourite QSL card?

Also, one other question. Since 7 years ago the Internet has really taken
off. I suppose it woulf be possible to send reception reports by email,
possibly with a recording of reception in wav format. Do short wave radio
statiosn now prefer emails + recordings or is it better to send in thr
report by mail the old fashioned way?

cheers Peter