Welcome to the Classic and Not So Classic Short Wave, Medium and Long Wave, and Utilities QSL Home Page!


Featuring classic and not-so-classic SWBC, BCB, and UTE QSLs from the 1950s-2000+s!


Coming 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 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.


Photos of Phil Finkle, then SWL-W6 in Burbank CA, in 1954 and now K6EID in Marietta, GA in 1994.

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)

ALGERIA - Radiodiffusion-Television Algerienne

BENIN - ORT du Benin

BURMA - Burma Broadcasting Service

CYPRUS - Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

FRENCH POLYNESIA - Tahiti

HAWAII - WWVH

ICELAND - Rikisutvarpid

LITHUANIA - Radio Vilnius

MARIANA ISLANDS - KTWR

MAURITANIA - Radio Mauritanie

MONGOLIA - Radio Ulan Bator

NEPAL - Radio Nepal 

PAPUA-NEW GUINEA - National Broadcasting Commission

RHODESIA - Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation

SINGAPORE - Radio Singapore

SEYCHELLES - FEBA

SLOVAKIA - Slovak Radio

SOUTH WEST AFRICA - Radio SWA

ST. HELENA - Radio St. Helena

SULTANATE OF OMAN - Radio Sultanate of Oman

SYRIA - Syrian Arab Republic Broadcasting

TOGO - Togo

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 AL Gore) 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!

AMERICAN SAMOA - Pago Pago P-T-T

AUSTRIA - Radio Austria OEO38

AZORES - Santa Maria Aeradio

BURMA - Rangoon Aeradio

CANTON ISLAND (PHOENIX GROUP) - Canton Island Aeradio

FRENCH ALGERIA - Algerian PTT

GAMBIA - Yundum Aeradio

GREENLAND - Sondrestrom Aeradio

GUADELOUPE - Guadeloupe Aeradio

GUAM - RCA Station KUJ39

IRELAND - Shannon Aeradio

IWO JIMA - Iwo Jima Aeradio

JOHNSTON ISLAND - Johnston Island Aeradio

PUERTO RICO - Radio Corporation of Porto Rico

SWAN ISLAND - Swan OFACS

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - St. Croix Aeradio

WAKE ISLAND- Wake OFACS

 

Medium Wave BCB(1950s through 1990s)

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ALASKA - KFAR - 660 KHz

AUSTRALIA - 5AN - 890 KHz

BELIZE - Radio Belize - 834 KHz

BRUNEI - Brunei Broadcasting Service - 1240 KHz

CROATIA - Croatian Radio - 1134 KHz

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS - Tarawa - 844 KHz

HAITI - 4VEC - 1035 KHz

HAWAII - KIKI - 1210 KHz

JAPAN - JOOR - 1210 KHz

MALAYSIA - SABAH - Radio Malaysia Sabah - 1475 KHz

MIDWAY ISLAND - KMTH - 900 KHz

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES - TWR - Bonaire - 800 KHz

NORWAY - NRK Oslo - 1314 KHz

PERU - OBZ4N Lima- 880 KHz

REPUBLIC OF KOREA - HLAZ - 1566 KHz

RYUKYU ISLANDS - VOA - 1178 KHz

THAILAND - Radio Thailand - 830 KHz

 

Long Wave BCB(1990s)

ALGERIA - Radiodiffusion Algerienne - 153 KHz

IRELAND - Atlantic 252 - 252 KHz

MOROCCO - RTM Rabat - 207 KHz

 

Thanks for visiting and please drop by again! Good DXing to you!!!

Site maintained by Phil Finkle, K6EID. Last updated 6 March 2004


If you have any vintage SWBC 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!


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