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Show your favorite QSL cards in our new gallery
SWLing Post reader, Mike Taniwha, recently shared some of his QSL cards with us. With his permission, I’m posting them for other readers to view. In fact, Mike has inspired me to start a new QSL...
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X-FM QSL card
I just received the following QSL card from the shortwave pirate radio station, X-FM: Click to enlarge To hear the full X-FM broadcast associated with this QSL, check out our previous post with...
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Daniel shares recent QSLs
Daniel (W3DI) writes: I have been enjoying some shortwave broadcasts recently and received some nice QSL cards. Wanted to share the cards and some station information. Deutsche Welle – copied broadcast...
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Mike’s QSL card from KVOH
My good buddy and SWLing Post reader, Mike, recently mailed the QSL card he received from KVOH after one of their test broadcasts. I’m glad he sent it to share–I love the front of the QSL card, which...
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Richard’s CBC Radio-Canada QSL and interview with RCI
Many thanks to SWLing Post and SRAA contributor, Richard Langley, who writes: “[C]oncerning the RCI anniversary, attached are scans of a QSL card from the CBC International Service for reception on 20...
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Dan’s WWVH QSL cards
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Amoroso (W3DI – WPE3DNC) for scans of his QSLs from WWVH in Kekaha, HI:
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2016 Radio Prague QSL Cards
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who writes: Hi Thomas: I hope you have started a very good year!!! I’m sending you the link where you can see the new 2016 QSLs from...
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Radio Mi Amigo QSL Card with special stamp
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lennart Weirell, who writes: Hi Thomas, I have received a QSL-card from Radio Mi Amigo with a special individual stamp. Radio Mi Amigo announced this in the...
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Richard’s 25 MHz WWV QSL
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Schreiber (KE7KRF), who writes: The NIST article about WWVH was very interesting and informative. It reminded me that lately WWV’s broadcast on 25 MHz...
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Lennart’s WWVH 5 MHz QSL and a quick NIST update
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lennart Weirell, who writes: I saw the recent posting of a QSL card from WWV. Here is my QSL card from WWVH, Hawaii 5 MHz from 2006 [above]. Thanks for sharing...
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Guest Post: Possible Last Remaining Direct Biafra QSL Emerges
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Robinson who shares this fascinating story about what has to be “one of the most important occurrences involving a SWBC station that no longer exists — the...
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Lennart shares Radio Tahiti QSLs
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lennart Weirell, who writes: The posting about Mark’s shortwave recording of Radio Tahiti brings back memories from the 80s. In 1982 I visited Tahiti with my...
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Ultra-Rare Tristan da Cunha QSL: The Art of the Hunter-Killer QSL Pursuit
The remote South Atlantic island of Tristan Da Cunha (Image via Google Earth) Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following guest post: Ultra-Rare Tristan da Cunha QSL:...
View ArticleOne amazing SWL QSL card from 1995
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ulis (K3LU), who shares the following note: I have one of the most detailed SWL QSL cards that was given to me by Fred Laun, K3ZO who is a very well known...
View ArticleCheck out this amazing QSL and off-air audio from shortwave pirate “The...
This morning, I uploaded a recording of 2001 shortwave pirate The Purple Nucleus of Creation to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive (SRAA). The recording was submitted by Adam C. Smith, a regular over at...
View ArticleAl’s 1967 Radio Denmark QSL
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Al Holt, who shared the following QSL and note on Twitter: The posting about WRM and its originating from Denmark got me thinking about my early days SWLing and...
View ArticleSome Serious Radio Nostalgia: A 1956 “Operation Deepfreeze Hamgram”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jack, who writes: Greetings, I was going through some old paperwork that belonged to my father-in-law, and I found a Christmas Greeting Card postmarked December...
View ArticleZOE: More Tristan Da Cuhna QSL cards in the wild–?
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following guest post: SWLing Post readers may recall the story we published last year about the appearance of a rare QSL card from...
View ArticleRare 1968 Radio Dzaoudzi QSL card fetches $158 at auction
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: In recent years, a number of records have been set for QSL cards from former shortwave stations around the world. The latest example...
View ArticleA most unusual QSL . . . card?
By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM Okay, I realize this is ham related, but I thought it was fun, and I hope you do too. On a quiet Saturday morning in May, the “Big Gun” Motorola 1250 (which is used for running...
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