1940 Pearl Harbor QSL card

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!

4 thoughts on “1940 Pearl Harbor QSL card”

Michael Sharpe December 7, 2016 at 11:55 am

I wonder if Adam is still around ?

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DanH December 7, 2016 at 6:08 am

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.

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Mario December 7, 2016 at 5:46 am

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?

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William Patalon III December 7, 2016 at 4:35 pm

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

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