[Dx-qsl] ER15MD

Wed Aug 23 20:40:09 EDT 2006

At 08:31 PM 08/23/2006, Hardy Landskov wrote:
>All,
>I sent him 2 cards about 9 months apart (for thr same QSO) and Val claims
>he has never received them. (We have had an email dialog going to check on
>the progress). So, I am just going to send one through the ARRL system and
>hope for the best. I have seen people claim to have received cards from him.
>Just my experience with the ER postal system. Could it be that the Plum
>European envelopes draw attention to the point that they are opened at the
>post office?

I've used Plum envelopes, Business envelopes, handwritten 
"friendly-letter" envelopes, you name it. Getting a card out of 
Moldova is one true stroke of luck. Yes, it does happen, but very 
very infrequently. As far as I'm concerned, at this juncture, knowing 
things are this bad over there, if the OMs in question were serious 
about QSLing they'd have managers by now.
I've made my last QSO with anybody in ER-land until a bona-fide 
DXpedition takes to the airwaves or the op makes it known that he has 
a known-good stateside, VE, JA or western-EU QSL manager. Heck, I'll 
VOLUNTEER, right here, right now, to manage any ER station that wants 
a manager.
Cheers,
Peter,
W2IRT 