W8DFL QSL Cards - 2/14/2011
We have another good crop of cards today -- mainly from Great Britain this time around.But before getting to that, let's get to some history with this card from FL8MM:You can't get FL8 calls any more. FL8 used to be French Somaliland. (Hence the F in there) This has since turned into the nation that goes by the same name as the city Maga resided it: Djibouti. It got its independence from France in 1977, five years after the QSO.Another interesting one is a SWL card:http://photos.vec.com/VictorBambeckQSL-W8DFL/QSL-Cards/BRS427/1186951325_zNp8x-XL.jpg1933. Back when cars still had magnetos. Magnetos are old-school ignition for engines. Very simple and reliable. It's still used for aviation engines.Another cool pair are the two from G3BID:
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One in his regular QTH, one from the car. :-)Lastly, I just like this one:I just love the picture of Edna, the XYL. (XLY is eX Young Lady - no matter how old or young your wife is the XYL. I'm just OM - Old Man.)Last -- just because we've been there. Milton Keynes. En and I were there on our honeymoon. Well, for a day. It's an odd town known for their roundabouts. It's a completely designed city.[smugmug url="http://photos.vec.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=15830773_GBeV4&format=rss200" imagecount="100" start="1" num="100" thumbsize="Th" link="lightbox" captions="false" sort="true" window="true" smugmug="true" size="L"]By the numbers:
BRS427 Great Britain 2/28/1933 20 ?EA3SA Spain EA3SA_2 52 states?!FL8MM French Somaliland 3/5/1972 20 SSB DjiboutiG2DTO Great Britain 5/10/1972 15 SSBG3BID Great Britain G3BID 1/2/1971 10 SSBG3BID Great Britain G3BID_M 3/23/1970 15 SSBG3IAR ZB1AR Great Britain 1/7/1967 20 ? ZB1 = GibralterG3ILO Great Britain 3/13/1960 10 CWG3KMH Great Britain 2/17/1960 10 CWG3MEA Great Britain 4/10/1958 10 CWG3MPB Great Britain 2/4/1960 10 CWG3SUW Great Britain 9/9/1967 20 SSBG3VKC Great Britain 2/6/1972 10 SSBG3YCC Great Britain 4/20/1972 15 SSBG3YHB Great Britain 2/7/1972 10 SSBG3YNC Great Britain 4/12/1973 15 SSBG4ETT Great Britain 10/13/1977 ??? ??? Eyeball?! Milton Keynes!!G4ITM Great Britain 6/16/1980 15 SSBG4JQI Great Britain 6/16/1980 15 CW/FM FM?! First OH QSOG8FC Great Britain 10/24/1967 20 SSB