W8DFL QSL Cards - 4/4/2011
A mixed bag is on hand for today! It's all from Americans -- but none of them are from the mainland!I'll bring up this one first:
It doesn't look all that fancy up until you see the note on the bottom from Bill -- Vic's son. This was happening during the Vietnam war and Bill joined up with the Navy and was stationed up in Alaska at the time. This is the note home piggybacking on the QSL.We take for granted how easy it is to communicate now. All you have to do is reach in your pocket or purse and dig out your cell phone. A push of the button will have you connected to any corner of the earth. For the most part it'll be really cheap too. (Ok, if you're calling Antarctica it'll be a bit more dear, but you get the point)
I just like monkeys. This, while from a K call is from Willie stationed in Japan in 1970.Another interesting quirk of how I'm entering stuff is why I'm listing out Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as the country. While they are officially part of the US (hence the K calls) as a territory they count for DXCC credit. At the end of this I want to see how close Vic got to reaching DXCC. :-)
| Call | Alt | File | Country | City | Postal | Date | Band | Mode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KL7CUR | USA | Glenellen, AK | Nov 21, 1958 | ? | Fone | ||||
| KL7FAK | USA | Fairbanks, AK | May 11, 1958 | 10 | Fone | ||||
| KL7FAR | USA | St. Lawrence Island, AK | Oct 9, 1958 | 10 | Fone | ||||
| KL7GEZ | USA | Anchorage, AK | 99506 | May 25, 1968 | 20 | Fone | Note from Bill! | ||
| KL7GST | Puerto Rico | Humacao | Oct 19, 1958 | 10 | Fone | ||||
| KP4AEB | USA | Fairbanks, AK | Jan 2, 1959 | 10 | Fone | ||||
| KP4AMX | Puerto Rico | San Juan | Dec 13, 1958 | 10 | Fone | ||||
| KP4BAS | Puerto Rico | Ramey AFB | Jan 20, 1962 | 10 | Fone | ||||
| KP4BY | Puerto Rico | Ceiba | Feb 5, 1961 | 10 | Fone | ||||
| KP4DCR | Puerto Rico | Villa Avila | 657 | Feb 7, 1971 | 10 | SSB | |||
| KP4GN | Puerto Rico | Guayama | Feb 25, 1962 | 10 | AM | ||||
| KP4NY | Puerto Rico | San José | Apr 21, 1960 | 10 | AM | ||||
| KR6CG | USA | Feb 3, 1959 | 10 | Fone | Coast Guard | ||||
| KR6CO | K3VPU | Japan | Okinawa | Jul 22, 1970 | 20 | SSB | |||
| KR6IL | KR6IL-1 | Japan | Miyako Jimo | Aug 15, 1970 | 20 | SSB | |||
| KR6IL | KR6IL-2 | Japan | Miyako Jimo | Aug 15, 1970 | 20 | SSB | |||
| KS6DY | American Samoa | 96920 | Nov 5, 1972 | 10 | SSB | ||||
| KV4AA | Virgin Islands | St. Thomas | 802 | Oct 1, 1972 | 20 | SSB | |||
| KV4GP | Virgin Islands | St. Croix | 820 | Mar 6, 1971 | 10 | SSB | |||
| WA1ARF-KS4 | USA | West Indies | Mar 6, 1971 | 10 | SSB |
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