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[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending
CHILE, CVC Voz Cristiana, 17680, f/d Transmitter Site card in 63 days
for Spanish airmail report and US $5.00, to Santiago, Chile address.
Card is completely in English and posted from Chile, although sporting a
US return address. This is a very nice card on good stock, with about
six different views of the tx facilities and antennas. No v/s.
CHILE, HCJB (via CVC) 11920, f/d Young Listeners card in 66 days for
Spanish report via airmail with US $3.00 return postage. I reported on
a Portuguese program. V/s is Horst Rosiak. Also received a German
newsletter and personal message from Iris Rauscher thanking me for my
report and stating that the Portuguese and German services were
purchasing time on CVC since their "shortwave antennas" closed in
November of 2009. eMail is deutsch(at)andenstimme(dot)org. The QSL
came from Ecuador with some beautiful postage stamps depicting the
Galapagos Islands on the envelope. My grand niece and nephew appreciate
the stamps!
GERMANY, DCF77 Mainflingen, 77.5 kHz, Heard on a recent business trip to
Zurich, Switzerland. Date/frequency Antenna mast and clock card in 13
days for German report and 1 IRC via airmail. V/s Dr. Andreas Bauch.
When Dr. Bauch initially received my report, there ensued a rather
entertaining email correspondence in which he expressed his "amusement"
that DX'ers even bother to send reports and collect QSLs, and saying
that my eMail address was not very personal.. It was interesting trying
to explain my version of one of the more interesting facets of this
hobby, and about the old Army Security Agency, from where my email
originates. He turned out to be an alright guy and sent a very nice
brochure as well on the station and other services of the PTS.
GREECE, Olympia Radio SVO, 8424, f/d A4-sized certificate in 57 days for
English report and 2 IRCs. V/S "Poulos," Manager of Olympia Radio.
Very nice picture set on the certificate and also sent a second
certificate on a heavier stock blue paper.
SWITZERLAND, HBG Prangins, 75 kHz, Heard on a recent business trip to
Zurich, Switzerland. Date/frequency antenna masts card in 12 days for
German report and 1 IRC via airmail. V/s Christian Schlunegger.
For those who are not yet aware, HBG will be shut down at the end of
December 31 2011, and it is expected that DCF77 will pick up the slack
for time and frequency purposes. I received a full data sheet from HBG
in German concerning the shutdown. Reading between the lines, it would
appear that the operating costs are just too expensive and the range is
not as great as DCF77. If you have the opportunity to hear this
station before it's time is up, you should get their QSL. It is a very
nice design, and soon another Grande Dame behemoth of VLF will leave us
forever. There is no indication what will become of the transmission site.
73
Al Muick
Whitehall PA USA
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