[Dx-qsl] QSL arrived from 3B8CF

2002年1月14日 09:03:47 EST

It is not easy to receive Jackys QSL. That's for sure. At least not from 
South Africa. But I believe we can't blame Jacky. I sent the first request by 
registered mail, but I had no answer after 4 months. So I sent again standard 
airmail and after 58 days I got his QSL.
For a portable operation from a different country I sent another request to 
Jacky, using a postal courier company, which posts letter outside of South 
Africa, but from 254 letters, 151 letters are not answered after two years 
now, also the one to 3B8CF not. But from these figures, I am quite sure, 
there are postal problems all over the world. When I received today an answer 
from Jacky for my 1999 request, he used not my SAE, so I think he had to 
spend the postage out of his own pocket. He left the envelope open, so 
everybody was able to check, that there is only a piece of paper inside and 
nothing valuable. Thanks Jacky for doing the most to make sure your card 
reach me. It's my only QSO with 3B8 from that DXCC-country from which I was 
operating only for a very short time.
Uli ZS6IR 