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
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
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 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!
AZORES - Santa Maria Aeradio
FRENCH
GUADELOUPE - Guadeloupe Aeradio
IWO JIMA - Iwo Jima Aeradio
PUERTO RICO - Radio Corporation of Porto Rico
WAKE ISLAND- Wake OFACS
Medium Wave BCB(1950s through 1990s)
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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!!!
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!
Other sites to visit:
The Classic SWBC QSL Home Page: Classic QSLs!
K6EID Ham Home Page: K6EID