[Dx-qsl] XW0X redux

Sat May 4 18:57:00 2002

--- E F Todd Benson <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 05:48 PM 5/4/2002 -0400, Robert G. Schaffrath
> wrote:
> >Well today marks 2 months since I sent my QSL, 2
> IRC's and SAE to XW0X. I 
> >guess I can assume the IRC's wound up lining the
> pockets of a Laotion 
> >postal employee. I had been debating what to do
> since this is both a new 
> >DXCC entity for me and my last needed WAZ zone. 
> Well fate came to the 
> >rescue! I managed to work XW3ZNR (op IN3ZNR) on
> the same band and mode as 
> >XW0X. So I guess I can write off XW0X and QSL
> XW3ZNR via IN3ZNR to a 
> >country with a working postal system.
> >
> >This still leaves the imminent problem of QSL'ing
> K1B via RZ3AA.
>>> One would wonder why they leave themselves open to
> such problems, (by going 
> through the Russiona post office for such a much
> needed QSL.) - sure to 
> shine there will be problems -

And yet we complain when our mail system cant get a
letter across the country in 3 days and raises rates
once in a while...seems to me we are pretty damn lucky!
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