Still waiting for QSLs from Sri Lanka and RAI
 

bpnjensen wrote:

FWIW, last November (2005) I sent reception reports with significant
detail to Radio Sri Lanka and RAI (Italy). Nice, polite letters with
as much information as was appropriate and at least 20 minutes worth of
detail as best I could describe it - all in English, for
English-language broadcasts.

Aear has past - to date, no response. Each has subsequently received
e-mails with copies of reception reports attached, and for Sri Lanka
even a followup letter with report and additional postage (IRC *and* a
couple of US $$), and still not even a whisper, neither a confirmation
nor a denial.

I have understood that this long timeframe is typical from Italy - but
is Sri Lanka like that as well? I know that Sri Lanka had its hands
full with the tsunami and some political unrest, but I didn't think
that it would put RSL out for so long...

Anyway, there you have it. Patience is a virtue - nay, a mandate - in
this hobby, I guess.

Bruce Jensen

RAI used to reply very quickly (about 20 yrs ago when I last QSLed them)
and were very religious about sending out their monthly magazine. They kept
on sending years after I had first written in.

No luck at all with getting a reply from SLBC when I tried to QSL them
(over 20 yrs ago!). I sent 4 or 5 follow-up reports over the course of 2
years and ended up with nothing to show for the effort.

Good luck with trying to get a reply!

John Barnard

Still waiting for QSLs from Sri Lanka and RAI
 

John Barnard wrote:

bpnjensen wrote:

FWIW, last November (2005) I sent reception reports with significant
detail to Radio Sri Lanka and RAI (Italy). Nice, polite letters with
as much information as was appropriate and at least 20 minutes worth of
detail as best I could describe it - all in English, for
English-language broadcasts.

Aear has past - to date, no response. Each has subsequently received
e-mails with copies of reception reports attached, and for Sri Lanka
even a followup letter with report and additional postage (IRC *and* a
couple of US $$), and still not even a whisper, neither a confirmation
nor a denial.

I have understood that this long timeframe is typical from Italy - but
is Sri Lanka like that as well? I know that Sri Lanka had its hands
full with the tsunami and some political unrest, but I didn't think
that it would put RSL out for so long...

Anyway, there you have it. Patience is a virtue - nay, a mandate - in
this hobby, I guess.

Bruce Jensen

RAI used to reply very quickly (about 20 yrs ago when I last QSLed them)
and were very religious about sending out their monthly magazine. They kept
on sending years after I had first written in.

No luck at all with getting a reply from SLBC when I tried to QSL them
(over 20 yrs ago!). I sent 4 or 5 follow-up reports over the course of 2
years and ended up with nothing to show for the effort.

I QSL'd SLBC on my first attempt (I believe) for reception on 19 January 1987.
Frequency was 9720, time was around 1300.

Verification took around 5 months.

Also have Adventist World Radio QSL'd from Sri Lanka for a 1983 reception.

Keep plugging away.

dxAce
Michigan
USA