[Dx-qsl] ER15MD

Wed Aug 23 22:09:22 EDT 2006

I have received ER5GB via W3HNK, it was a 160 meter
QSO, so at least one Moldova station has a stateside
manager.
Also received a lot of ER-cards via the bureau!
73/DX de Osten SM5DQC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Dougherty" <w2irt at comcast.net>
To: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] ER15MD
> 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
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