Category Archives: QSLs

Jan 28

QSL: VCG, Riviere-au-Renard, Quebec, Canada

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VCG
VCG, Riviere-au-Renard, Quebec, Canada
518 kHz (NAVTEX)

Friendly no-data verification letter in 35 days for English language report and SASE, v/s Alain Poirier, Officer in Charge. Report sent to address gleaned from navtexQSLaddresses.pdf:

Officer in Charge
MCTS Operations
Rivière Au Renard MCTS Center
11 Rue de la Base
P.O. Box 100
Rivière Au Renard, QC
Canada G4X 1S0

Return address on envelope, note different zip code:

Garde Côtière Canadienne
Services de Communications et Trafic Maritimes
11, rue de la Base
Rivière-au-Renard, QC G4X 5A5
Canada

Jan 27

QSL: Valentia Coast Guard Radio, Valentia Island, Republic of Ireland

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Valentia
Valentia Coast Guard Radio
Valentia Island, Republic of Ireland
2187.5 kHz

Friendly full data QSL letter received in 12 days for English report, souvenir Tennessee postcard, return postage, address label and envelope, v/s John Draper, Divisional Controller. Report sent to:

Valentia Coast Guard Radio
Irish Coast Guard
Valentia Island
Republic of Ireland

I can’t help but compare this reply to last Saturday’s reply from Lyngby Radio, Denmark. Lyngby Radio returned their postcard…

Jan 20

QSL: Florø Radio/LGL, Florø, Norway

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Floroe Radio
Florø Radio eQSL
Florø, Norway
2,187.5 kHz

Full-data eQSL received in 19 days after sending an e-mail to floro.radio[at]telenor.com. A week after sending my original report, I obtained a few units of mint Norway postage stamps and submitted an airmail report. Perhaps I will receive an airmail response also?