{"id":5729,"date":"2013-02-23T07:57:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T11:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5729"},"modified":"2013-02-23T07:57:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T11:57:05","slug":"daniel-shares-recent-qsls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/daniel-shares-recent-qsls\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel shares recent QSLs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel (W3DI)\u00a0writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have been enjoying some shortwave broadcasts recently and received some nice QSL cards. Wanted to share the cards and some station information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_5732\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5732\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5732\" alt=\" Deutsche Welle - copied broadcast on 15,275 KHz - Jan 20 , 2013 at 1930 UTC\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG1-100x73.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deutsche Welle &#8211; copied broadcast on 15,275 KHz &#8211; Jan 20 , 2013 at 1930 UTC<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5733\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5733\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5733\" alt=\"China Radio International - copied broadcast on 9,580 &amp; 6,020 KHz - Dec 29 &amp; 31 , 2012   at 0130 UTC\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0001.jpg\" width=\"354\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0001.jpg 354w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0001-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0001-70x100.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">China Radio International &#8211; copied broadcast on 9,580 &amp; 6,020 KHz &#8211; Dec 29 &amp; 31 , 2012 at 0130 UTC<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5734\" alt=\"IMG_0002\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0002.jpg\" width=\"355\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0002.jpg 355w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0002-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0002-71x100.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5735\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5735\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5735\" alt=\"VOA -  Africa service - They sent not only a QSL but a beautiful 2013 calendar.\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0003.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0003.jpg 500w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0003-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0003-100x68.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VOA &#8211; Africa service &#8211;<br \/>They sent not only a QSL but a beautiful 2013 calendar.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Daniel addeded:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shortwave listening was my first step to becoming an amateur [radio operator]. First receiver was a Lafayette HE &#8211; 10 with a Q mulitplier I built. Now using a WinRadio 313 &#8211; things have really changed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Shortwave listening was also my first step to becoming a ham radio operator. The Lafayette HE-10 is a beautiful little 9 tube radio. I love the split dials on the front&#8211;much like the venerable Hallicrafters S-38.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5738\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lafayette-HE-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5738\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5738\" alt=\"The Lafayette HE - 10 (Photo: RigPix.com)\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lafayette-HE-10.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lafayette-HE-10.jpg 600w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lafayette-HE-10-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lafayette-HE-10-100x59.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lafayette HE &#8211; 10 (Photo: RigPix.com)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5736\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Halli-S-38.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5736\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5736\" alt=\"Halli-S-38\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Halli-S-38.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Halli-S-38.jpg 594w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Halli-S-38-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Halli-S-38-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hallicrafters S-38 (Photo: <a title=\"The S-38 Guy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-s38-guy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The S-38 Guy<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel (W3DI)\u00a0writes: I have been enjoying some shortwave broadcasts recently and received some nice QSL cards. Wanted to share the cards and some station information. Daniel addeded: Shortwave listening was my first step to becoming an amateur [radio operator]. First receiver was a Lafayette HE &#8211; 10 with a Q mulitplier I built. Now using [&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":[1271,56,894,26,43],"tags":[141,429,328,329,1720,1723,1722,248,899,4110,1721,10,1719],"class_list":["post-5729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-anchors-2","category-broadcasters","category-qsl-gallery","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-china-radio-international","tag-cri","tag-deutsche-welle","tag-dw","tag-hallicrafters-s-38","tag-he-10","tag-lafayette-he-10","tag-qsl","tag-qsl-cards","tag-qsl-gallery","tag-s-38","tag-voa","tag-w3di"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1up","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12650,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/dans-wwvh-qsls\/","url_meta":{"origin":5729,"position":0},"title":"Dan&#8217;s WWVH QSL cards","author":"Thomas","date":"March 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Amoroso (W3DI \u2013 WPE3DNC) for scans of his QSLs from\u00a0WWVH\u00a0in Kekaha, HI:","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"WWVH-QSL-Dan-Amoroso","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WWVH-QSL-Dan-Amoroso.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WWVH-QSL-Dan-Amoroso.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WWVH-QSL-Dan-Amoroso.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WWVH-QSL-Dan-Amoroso.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14980,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/dans-china-radio-international-qsl-card\/","url_meta":{"origin":5729,"position":1},"title":"Dan&#8217;s China Radio International QSL card","author":"Thomas","date":"October 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Dan Amoroso (W3DI\/WPE3DNC\/WPC3DNC), who shares this recent QSL from China Radio International and notes: Hello Thomas Attached is the most recent QSL card\u00a0received within a few weeks from China Radio International. 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Sent report via internet and received QSL in a few weeks:\" Thanks for sharing this, Daniel. I love the front of this DW QSL card--all of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"DW Kigali QSL Card","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12145,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/daniels-qsls-from-voa-and-cri\/","url_meta":{"origin":5729,"position":3},"title":"Daniels&#8217; QSLs from VOA and CRI","author":"Thomas","date":"February 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Daniel Amoroso, for sharing the following QSL cards from the Voice of America and China Radio International:","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"VOA-Front","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VOA-Front-1024x732.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VOA-Front-1024x732.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VOA-Front-1024x732.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63514,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/tom-shares-qsl-collection-from-over-210-countries\/","url_meta":{"origin":5729,"position":4},"title":"Tom Shares QSL Collection from Over 210 Countries","author":"Thomas","date":"July 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Tom Gavaras, who recently reached out with an update: \u201cI want to make you aware that I have posted almost all of my shortwave QSL cards online, representing more than 210 broadcast countries. 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