Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Patalon, who shares the following QSL card via Twitter:
Cool #hamradio #QSL card from #PearlHarbor in 1940. Sobering to consider what was to come. #ARRL #SWL #dx #radio pic.twitter.com/uBLNWbTOPz
— @PrivateBriefing (@PrivateBrief) December 6, 2016
Thank you, Bill!
I wonder if Adam is still around ?
My Dad was earning his radioman rating at sea at this time. His service as a radioman on TF-8 under Admiral Halsey in late November-early December 1941 would surprise some.
Thanks for posting, it’s great to see a QSL card from back then and from that place; a real piece of ham radio history!
Hawaii would not become one of our states until ’59 so I guess the “TH” might mean Territory of Hawaii?
Mario … good call.
You are correct … TH stands for just what you said.
I have an SWL QSL from this period that I promised to get to Thomas, too.
This is just such a great site. Thomas is aces … does such a great job.
But having folks like you here make it even better.
Thanks for the comment, Mario!
Bill Patalon III