{"id":36575,"date":"2019-03-13T07:15:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T11:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36575"},"modified":"2019-03-13T07:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T11:15:25","slug":"guest-post-indian-dxer-enters-into-limca-book-of-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/guest-post-indian-dxer-enters-into-limca-book-of-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Indian DXer enters into Limca Book of Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Sandipan Basu Mallick (VU3JXD)<\/a>, for sharing the following guest post:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Indian DXer enters into Limca Book of Records<\/h1>\n

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Jose Jacob from Hyderabad, India has collected QSL from 132 different stations of All India Radio over a period of 42 years. Radio stations ranging from Shot wave, Medium wave, FM to the latest DRM mode. In the process he has achieved the feat of creating an Indian Record of collecting maximum number of QSL of different stations of a radio broadcaster in India.<\/p>\n

As a teenager Jose started listening to radio and started to write to stations way back in 1973, when in his school days. Few years later in 1976 he first wrote to All India Radio, when his reception report was first verified with a QSL. Over next 42 years, he has used various mediums, ranging from inland letters, post cards to emails, for sending reception reporting. Currently he has over 2500 QSL from 130 different countries, many of which left the airwaves.<\/p>\n

Over the years, with his special interest in All India Radio, he is one of key country contributors, from India, of World Radio TV Handbook updating about All India Radio to the directory of global broadcasting.<\/p>\n

Jose Jacob, is also a licensed amateur radio operator with call sign VU2JOS currently serving as Asst. Director at the National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) www.niar.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jose Jacob (VU2JOS) with Certificate from Limca Book of Records<\/p><\/div>\n

Limca Book of Records is an annual reference book published in India documenting human and natural world records. The world records achieved by humans are further categorised in education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, adventure, radio, and cinema with Limca book of Records rules. (https:\/\/www.coca-colaindia.com\/limca-book-of-records<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Limca Book of Records has recognized the feat as one of the Indian records in the radio category and awarded the certificate acknowledging the achievement.<\/p>\n

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QSL received in 1997 from All India Radio, Nagpur<\/p><\/div>\n

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QSL received in 1988 from All India Radio, Nagpur<\/p><\/div>\n

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QSL received in 1987 from All India Radio, Nagpur<\/p><\/div>\n

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Congratulations to Jose Jacob VU2JOS for an amazing accomplishment!\u00a0 Thank you for sharing this news, Sandipan!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Sandipan Basu Mallick (VU3JXD), for sharing the following guest post: Indian DXer enters into Limca Book of Records Jose Jacob from Hyderabad, India has collected QSL from 132 different stations of All India Radio over a period of 42 years. Radio stations ranging from Shot wave, Medium wave, FM […]<\/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":[56,5935,3,305,894,288],"tags":[52,53,1031,7667,248,6436],"class_list":["post-36575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-dx","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-qsl-gallery","category-radio-history","tag-air","tag-all-india-radio","tag-dxing","tag-jose-jacob-vu2jos","tag-qsl","tag-sandipan-basu-mallick"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9vV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30870,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/guest-post-why-are-kolkata-dxers-upbeat-on-world-radio-day-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":36575,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: “Why are Kolkata DXers upbeat on World Radio Day 2018?”","author":"Thomas","date":"February 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Sandipan Basu Mallick (VU3JXD), who shares the following guest post: Dear Thomas, On the even of World radio Day, 10 DXers of Kolkata, India gathered while the radio enthusiast around the world are coping with bad news for the hobby. 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