{"id":12209,"date":"2015-02-06T16:35:44","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T20:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12209"},"modified":"2015-02-06T20:25:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T00:25:23","slug":"richards-qsl-from-radio-demerara-voice-of-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/richards-qsl-from-radio-demerara-voice-of-guyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard’s QSL from Radio Demerara (Voice of Guyana)"},"content":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Richard Langley, writes:<\/p>\n

“Your recent post<\/a> sent me to my archives and I’ve found my QSL from Radio Demerara, the predecessor of the Voice of Guyana. Copies of the front and back of the QSL letter I received are attached.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"radio_demerara_qsl_side1<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The QSL was for reception on 13 December 1966 at 01:00 UTC<\/span><\/span> at my home in Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto. This was in the same year that Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"radio_demerara_qsl_side2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to a commercial for Ovaltine, I heard a program of announcements including births, birthdays, deaths, and personal messages. I used a two-tube Knight-Kit Span Master regenerative receiver, which I built a couple of years earlier when I was in Grade 10, along with a 43-foot inverted-L antenna attached to the top of my mother’s clothesline.<\/p>\n

Along with a friend, I had established the Intercontinental DX Club, which we ran for a few years until it came time to go to university. But that’s another story.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The\u00a0Intercontinental DX Club<\/em>? \u00a0What a great name! You’ll have to share that story sometime, Richard!<\/p>\n

Many thanks for scanning this QSL from\u00a0Radio Demerara. I love the fact that they noted “Temporary QSL” at the top of the letter and apologized for the delay in response. What a great piece of radio history and so relevant as we hear the Voice of Guyana return to the shortwaves<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, writes: “Your recent post sent me to my archives and I’ve found my QSL from Radio Demerara, the predecessor of the Voice of Guyana. Copies of the front and back of the QSL letter I received are attached.   The QSL was for reception on 13 December 1966 at 01:00 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,894,288,5],"tags":[3595,3596,3583,3516,3582],"class_list":["post-12209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-qsl-gallery","category-radio-history","category-swlers","tag-radio-demerara","tag-radio-demerara-qsl","tag-radio-guyana","tag-richard-langley","tag-voice-of-guyana"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3aV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44458,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/radio-waves-switzerlands-move-to-digital-guyana-rejects-usagms-request-ham-records-china-us-encounter-and-farm-radio-international-endorsement\/","url_meta":{"origin":12209,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Switzerland’s Move to Digital, Guyana Rejects USAGM’s Request, Ham Records China\/US Encounter, and Farm Radio International Endorsement","author":"Thomas","date":"July 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12603,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/richards-cbc-radio-canada-qsl-and-interview-with-rci\/","url_meta":{"origin":12209,"position":1},"title":"Richard’s CBC Radio-Canada QSL and interview with RCI","author":"Thomas","date":"March 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post and SRAA contributor, Richard Langley, who writes: \"[C]oncerning the RCI anniversary, attached are scans of a QSL card from the CBC International Service for reception on 20 April 1964 when I was in high school. 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