QSLs – Incoming and Outgoing

A couple of days ago, I received another package of cards from the QSL bureau. Predictably, most of them were from Europe, including seven from Spain, three from the Czech Republic, and one each from Mexico and Great Britain.

The most unusual one was from the special event station, ED5JAC, commemorating the Ten Days of Astronomy in Cartagena in October 2004. What made this one unusual is that it was a double-sized card (folded in half), with a bunch of advertising from the station’s sponsors. I now know where to find a supplier of electronic components, an electrical contractor, and the Federacion de Tropas y Legiones in Cartagena, Spain.

A lot of these cards were not responses to cards I sent out, so now I have enough to send to the outgoing bureau—54 to be exact. Again, most of them are going to Europe:

• 1 – 9A, Croatia
• 1 – C5, Gambia (just worked this one on Monday!)
• 6 – DF/DH/DJ/DL, Germany
• 6 – EA/ED, Spain
• 3 – F, France
• 2 – G, Great Britain
• 1 – HA, Hungary
• 2 – HB, Switzerland
• 1 – HR, Honduras
• 7 – I/IK/IS/IT/IZ, Italy
• 1 – JA, Japan
• 1 – OE, Austria
• 1 – OH, Finland
• 5 – OK, Czech Republic
• 1 – PY, Brazil
• 1 – SE, Sweden
• 2 – SP, Poland
• 1 – T9, Boznia/Herzegovina
• 1 – TF, Iceland
• 1 – UA, Russia
• 1 – UT, Ukraine
• 4 – VE, Canada
• 1 – VP8, South Georgia Island (!)
• 1 – YN, Nicaragua
• 1 – YU, Yugoslavia
• 1 – YY, Venezuela