Finland to Lebanon in my SWL QSL collection

Here are more QSLs from my mid-1960 shortwave listening days.

Finland: Finnish Broadcasting Company

I received two QSL cards for the same reception report of the Finnish Broadcasting Company's shortwave station.

France: RTF (Radiodiffusion Television Francaise)

Ghana: Ghana Broadcasting Corp.

Haiti: Radio 4VEJ

A folded QSL card for Haiti's "Evangelistic Voice of the West Indies."

Hungary: Radio Budapest

Iran: Radio Iran

A QSL letter in lieu of a QSL card from Iran during the Shah era.

  

Italy: RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana)

Japan: Radio Japan

Lebanon: Radio Lebanon

Australia to Ethiopia in my SWL QSL collection

While perusing the QSLs I collected while shortwave listening in the mid-1960s, I thought that it would be cool to display them here since they will not see the light of day otherwise. Most are common, but there are a few QSLs in my collection that are less common.

I will reveal them in manageable chunks, from A to Z, according to the country name that was commonly used at the time the QSL was issued.

Australia: Radio Australia

Austria: OEI (Osterreichuscher Rundfunk)

Bulgaria: Radio Sofia

Canada: CFCX

China: Radio Peking

Radio Peking's QSL card initiated a flood of propaganda (Mao's "Little Red Book," a huge Mao poster, calendars, magazines, more books, etc.) that the mailman delivered to my home for years following the QSL. So much so that my father went to the local Post Office to see if he could stop it (he could not). As a result, I never QSL'd Radio Havana because they had a reputation for sending propaganda in quantities that rivaled Radio Peking.  

Czechoslovakia: Radio Praha (Prague)

East Germany: Radio Berlin International

Ecuador: HCJB (The Voice of the Andes)

Egypt: Radio Cairo

Ethiopia: ETLF (Radio Voice of the Gospel)

WHLM: News Radio 930

Monitored 930 kc during the morning commute and heard two stations, one already in the log and one new logging. WBEN out of Buffalo, NY, was already in the log, WHLM "News Radio 930" was a new one. WHLM transmits 2,000 watts from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 190 miles to the west-southwest.

Coincidentally, WHLM and my previous new logging, WZMF in Nanticoke, PA, are right along the route I take for my annual roadtrip to Hamvention in Dayton, where I will be one month from today.

Finally!

After a 19-day dry spell, I logged a new one during my morning commute today: WZMF transmitting 1 kW on 730 kc from Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, 160 miles to the west-southwest. Playing 70s rock, WZMF fought a losing battle with WACE's religious banter, but it was strong enough at times for a positive ID.

Huge FDC

A few weeks ago, I ordered some United Nations stamps from the UN Postal Administration.

On Thursday, a 12.5 x 15 inch flat cardboard mailer arrived from the UN containing my order.

My daughter remarked the six UN stamps affixed to the mailer were "Cool!" I agreed.

Upon closer inspection, I was surprised to see that the stamps were postmarked March 8, 2016 with a First Day of Issue postmark for the UN's He For She stamps issued that day. Two stamps (the pair at the top right) from that issue were among the six affixed to the mailer.

At 12.5 x 15 inches, that makes it the largest First Day Cover in my collection, by far. Cool!

And March 8 was my birthday, so that makes it that much cooler!