SV: [HCDX]: Why QSL? - old reports

["Henrik Klemetz" <dhv599n@xxxxxxxxx>]

Many stations switched off SW when the founders and/or
owners passed away.  R Guatapurí  (Manuel Pineda Bastidas) 
is one case in point,  R Santa Fé  (Hernando Bernal) another.
Bernal´s wife (and daughters) did of course try to keep the old 
paraphernalia going, unfortunately without much success.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Don Moore <mooredxer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 3:49 AM
Subject: RE: [HCDX]: Why QSL? - old reports


> 
> One of the many threads of this discussion has been sending
> follow-ups to very old reports. I did a lot of this in the
> late 1980s and early 1990s, QSLing stations five, ten, and
> even 20 years after I heard. One two occasions, long
> inactive stations reactivated their SW frequencies within a
> year of receiving (and QSLing) my ten year old report. One
> was Ondas Musicales in the Dominican Republic and I know
> there was one more, but I'd have to look through the QSLs
> to remember who. I certainly don't know that my reports
> caused these stations to reactivate, but who knows?
> Interesting coincidence, at the least. And, we can
> certainly use anything that brings back old stations.
> 
> Another similar situation happened in 1988. Early in 1988
> while looking through my pennants I noticed my 1978 15th
> anniversary pennant from Radio Guatapuri, Colombia 4815
> kHz. They had celebrated 15 years in August 1978 (I'm not
> going to look up the exact date), so obviously would have
> 25 years on that same date later in 1988. I wrote them a
> nice letter suggesting they reactivate their SW frequency
> for their 
> 25th anniversary and suggested that they write me before
> hand of their plans so I could publicize it. I never heard
> anything from them and forgot about it. However, that
> August evening I received a phone call from Dave Valko
> telling me that Radio Guatapuri had reactivated with some
> sort of live celebration going on. I tuned in and there
> they were - celebrating 25 years on the air. They hadn't
> been on SW for around 5 or 6 years at that time and
> haven't, to my knowledge, been back since. 
> 
> Anyway, whether you're asking for an overdue QSL or just
> reminding a a long inactive station that they used to have
> an international audience, you never know - you might just
> cause a station to reactivate. 
> 
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