Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares a link to the following site curated by Bill McDavitt (KG4RRT) which is chock-full of QSL cards from across the globe.
Thanks for the tip, Paul!
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I guess back in the 60’s-80’s SW stations had nice chunk of their budget for handling all the QSL thing.
* I have few myself.
To help defray the cost of sending QSLs, many stations used to require the requester to include international reply coupons (IRC) with their report. These could be exchanged for postage stamps by the station – kind of like sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) for in-country mail. Other national stations with big budgets would deluge the requester with a lot of propaganda free of charge.
I don’t recall sending IRC’s to SW stations but to DX Hams…
Yes, good propaganda stuff from the DDR or Peking/Moscow…
But from Radio Nederlands one got real SW books!
Dan, you’re right! The first one I opened was from the Turks and Caicos….contributed by Dan Henderson! I’ll explore further. I hope there’s a way of uploading some really good QSLs from my collection, such as Radio Free Bougainville!
The SWL Card Museum has been around for many years and contains QSLs from many of the great DXers around the globe. We should all hope that it can remain in existence for many years to come.
Dan, you’re right! The first one I opened was from the Turks and Caicos….contributed by Dan Henderson! I’ll explore further. I hope there’s a way of uploading some really good QSLs from my collection, such as Radio Free Bougainville!
Hi Walt,
Please contact me if you would like to include any of your QSLs to the “SWL QSL Card Museum”.
I created and manage input to the website.
Hi Dan,
The site will be around for many years to come. Lately there has been a LARGE number
of submissions from Europe with some great QSLs being added.
Bill McDavitt
SWL QSL Card Museum
http://www.dallasadmall.com/swlqsl/