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to you via the World Wide Web from Marietta, Georgia, the home of Kennesaw
Mountain, site of one of the major battles in the War for Southern Independence
This site has images of numerous QSL cards from
non-amateur short wave, medium wave, and long wave stations that were popular in the 1960s to 2000s. I hope
you enjoy reliving a bit of radio history as represented by this collection of
antique verifications and those on my Classic Short Wave Broadcast page.
This website is hosted by Phil Finkle (K6EID) of Marietta, GA. I was a member of the ISWL, JSWC, NNRC, ADXC, and URDXC as well as a Popular Electronics monitor. My first receiver was a Silvertone floor model which was moved from our living room in 1953 when we got our first TV set. After this, I had an old Zenith table radio which was of WWII vintage. My first real communications received was a Hallicrafters S-40B that I bought on time from a Burbank CA auto repair place that had taken it in on trade. I paid for it with earnings from my paper route. My next receiver was a Hallicrafters SX-71 which served me for many years. Later I bought the epitome of receivers, a Collins 51J4 which I still have. I was editor of the West Coast Section of the URDXC bulletin in 1956.
Please visit my other pages
featuring Classic SWBC QSLs from the 1930s-1950s.
Click: HERE
Please select from the following list to move to the pages with the respective QSL card:
SWBC (1960s on up)
BENIN
- ORT
du Benin
CYPRUS - BFBS
FRENCH
POLYNESIA - Tahiti
PAPUA-NEW
SULTANATE
OF
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Dubai Radio and Colour Television
Utilities (1950s through 1960s - oops, 1 from 1977!)
These Utility stations were
the only way to log some countries other than amateur operators. They included
point-to-point communications stations, overseas telephone/telegraph stations,
press agencies (usually on RTTY but some on CW), airport HF communications
stations, and other sundry services.
You can see that a number of
them verified by filling out a typewritten form that I typed (one-fingered just
as I am typing this!) on my old trusty Royal typewriter that all too obviously
needed a new ribbon. I guess (to paraphrase Algore) that I invented the
prepared QSL - ha ha!
It is amazing that these folks
would take the time to respond to these reports as their mission was really
limited but, I guess, it's just human nature to see how far you can be heard!
AZORES - Santa Maria Aeradio
FRENCH
GUADELOUPE - Guadeloupe Aeradio
IWO JIMA - Iwo Jima Aeradio
JOHNSTON
PUERTO RICO - Radio Corporation of Porto Rico
WAKE ISLAND- Wake OFACS
Medium Wave BCB(1950s through 1990s)
GILBERT
& ELLICE ISLANDS - Tarawa
- 844 KHz
NETHERLANDS
ANTILLES - TWR
- Bonaire - 800 KHz
Long Wave BCB(1990s)
Thanks for visiting and please drop by again!
Good DXing to you!!!
If you have any vintage SWBC,
UTE, or BCB QSLs that you would
like to share with others, please forward a graphical format file, preferably in
.JPG format, to the e-mail address provided below. Thanks!
Other sites to visit:
The Classic SWBC QSL Home Page: Classic
QSLs!
K6EID Ham Home Page: K6EID
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Site maintained by Phil Finkle, K6EID. Last updated
30 April 2005