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[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Special
I am sending this part of my QSL report out early because of the
timeliness of the Radio Burkina information.
BANGLADESH, Bangladesh Betar 4750, f/d National Monument card in 455
days for English report via Airmail with US $5.00 and English follow-up
via registered mail with return receipt and three IRCs. V/S Abu Tabib
Md. Zia Hasan, Senior Engineer, Research Wing. He had also previously
emailed me to let me know he got the report, but never received the
original. This arrived 48 days after follow-up. The station was heard
while I was at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on August 9 2010 at 1256 UTC.
BURKINA FASO, Radio Burkina 5030, no data thank you letter in French
confirming my report and wooden pen/pencil set in a wooden case with RTB
logo on it via registered airmail in 574 days for French report sent via
airmail with US $5.00 and follow-up report in French with US $10.00 sent
via registered mail, return receipt. QSL received 69 days after
follow-up. V/s. Ouezen Louis Oulon, Director of Radio Burkina and
Knight of the Order of Merit (!). See comments section below. This
station was heard at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan during my time there
on April 1st 2010 at 1750 UTC.
SLOVENIA, RadioTelevizija Slovenija, 918, f/d coverage map card in 20
days for English airmail report and 2 IRCs. No V/S. The station was
heard during a business trip to Zurich Switzerland, with a 10m
randomwire thrown out the window on my hotel late at night. They
returned the IRCs which were cellophane taped to the outside of the
envelope by one end only. I have no idea whether they were intending
them to be used for postage (both a stamp and metered postage were
affixed) or whether they just sent them back, and I am absolutely amazed
that both of those IRCs arrived intact without a tear or wrinkle!
All stations were received on a WinRadio G303e receiver with a 100m
randomwire, with the exception of Slovenia as described.
Radio Burkina comments:
M. Oulon states in his letter that Burkina Faso (RTB) now operates on
shortwave 7230 kHz from 0800-1700 and 4215 kHz from 1700-0800. He does
not state whether this is local or GMT time. In a separate paragraph at
the bottom of his letter, he states (and I am translating here): "I am
simply embarrassed to inform you that since recently, our shortwave
transmitter is broken. I would be very happy for any initiative you
could take to aid us to find a new transmitter." I would presume then
that this is why they have not been heard recently. If anyone else
wants to give some information to M. Oulon, his email address is
louisoulon(at)gmail(dot)com. I will check sources and see if I can find
a reasonably-priced used transmitter for them, and send M. Oulon the
details in an email. I don't know what their budget is, but I know that
*mine* does not allow for purchase of transmitters. :-)
73
Al Muick
Whitehall PA USA
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