{"id":29464,"date":"2017-12-04T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29464"},"modified":"2017-12-04T11:45:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T15:45:59","slug":"dans-qsl-from-miki-gurdus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/dans-qsl-from-miki-gurdus\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan’s QSL signed by Miki Gurdus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regarding our recent post about Miki Gurdus<\/a>, SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Dan Robinson, writes:<\/p>\n

Went through my books and found it, the Gurdus handwritten note to me. It appears to have been\u00a0during a visit he made to Washington, likely in the\u00a0period I was in college 1975-1979 but could have been later during the 80’s or 90’s.<\/p>\n

It reads: “To Dan — In Memory of a joyful day in Washington. Michael Gurdus.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Amazing! Thank you for sharing your memories, Dan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regarding our recent post about Miki Gurdus, SWLing Post contributor Dan Robinson, writes: Went through my books and found it, the Gurdus handwritten note to me. It appears to have been\u00a0during a visit he made to Washington, likely in the\u00a0period I was in college 1975-1979 but could have been later during the 80’s or 90’s. 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