[Dx-qsl] QSL Bureau Closings

Fri Nov 3 19:53:53 EST 2006

In the 1950s there were two or three HV stations. The first one I 
worked was HV2VO at the Vatican Observatory (not actually in the 
Vatican, but I believe it counted for that). Nearly 50 years later I 
met the operator, Father Edmund, while having lunch with some ham 
friends in Tucson, AZ (he was N7FUV at the time and is now KM5XH.)
73 - Bob, N7XY
On Nov 3, 2006, at 1:15 PM, Jerry Keller wrote:
> Be thankful the Vatican even has a ham station.... there's been 
> talk for years about eliminating it.... it may even be history 
> right now. Then we'd have to get a special dispensation in order to 
> send a DXpedition to St. Peter's !!!
> 73, Jerry K3BZ
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Douglas (by way of Jim 
> Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>)" <n7dc at vabb.com>
> To: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] QSL Bureau Closings
>>>> Man, that is bad news for all of us who use the buros. I've a box 
>> full of
>> cards ready to mail to the outgoing service right now - and am 
>> going to have
>> to look but am sure I have some for those. DX is really making it 
>> difficult
>> for all of us- and I just hope they are encouraging the members to 
>> go to
>> LOTW, at the least. The one that amazes me is the Vatican - good 
>> grief it
>> cant be more than a half mile across - if that- . You would think 
>> they
>> could walk over and get the cards.
>>>> Danny Douglas N7DC
>> ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
>> SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all
>> DX 2-6 years each.
>> moderator digital_modes at yahoogroups.com
>>>>>> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've 
>> got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) 
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>>> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've 
> got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) 
> but also true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets 
> and help financially. Please contribute TODAY !!
>