{"id":18098,"date":"2016-04-06T09:29:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T13:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18098"},"modified":"2016-04-06T09:29:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T13:29:12","slug":"johns-qsl-package-from-radio-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/johns-qsl-package-from-radio-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"John&#8217;s QSL package from Radio Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0568.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18099\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18099\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0568.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0568\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0568.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0568-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0568-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0568-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, John Cooper, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I received this nice QSL package in the mail today from Radio Belarus. Since they went off the air 1 April, this might be one of the last batch of QSLs they sent out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0570.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18100\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0570.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0570\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0570.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0570-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0570-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0570-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The confirmation letter I found interesting. The postmark on the letter was 25 03 16. It&#8217;s a shame they&#8217;re not on anymore as they were audible here on the east coast as evidenced by the confirmation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0572.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18101\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18101\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0572.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0572\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0572.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0572-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0572-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0572-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I wonder what they&#8217;ll do with the souvenirs they were getting in April. Hopefully any new reports they get for the last broadcast will have a nice selection if they&#8217;re still answering.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks for taking the time to share this, John! You have, indeed, probably received the last batch of QSLs <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/radio-belarus-to-shut-down-shortwave-mediumwave-and-longwave\/\">Radio Belarus<\/a> will issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Cooper, who writes: I received this nice QSL package in the mail today from Radio Belarus. Since they went off the air 1 April, this might be one of the last batch of QSLs they sent out. The confirmation letter I found interesting. The postmark on the letter [&hellip;]<\/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":[960,3,894,43],"tags":[900,899,4899,4927],"class_list":["post-18098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-qsl-gallery","category-shortwave-radio","tag-qsl-card-gallery","tag-qsl-cards","tag-radio-belarus","tag-radio-belarus-qsl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4HU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29968,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/radio-prague-reveals-2018-qsl-card-gallery\/","url_meta":{"origin":18098,"position":0},"title":"Radio Prague reveals 2018 QSL card gallery","author":"Thomas","date":"January 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares this news from Radio Prague: The three letters - QSL - constitute one of the codes originally developed in the days of the telegraph. 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