Re: [IRCA] Department of bizarre QSLs

["Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Partial data letter from AFN Diego Garcia with beautiful 8 x 10 photo of
island, signed by IC2 Bennett. Date on letter is Jan 23, 2006, postmark on
envelope is the same. Almost a year to arrive!!! The envelope, letter and
photo were all in good shape, so I don't think they were just stuffed in a
corner somewhere. Still, pretty weird if you ask me.
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What did you hear from there?  My son was stationed on DG for a year and a half.  The only radio he knew about was a 50w thing.  He didn't say anything about utes, but I'd be very surprised if they verified anyhow.  He might be going back.  I hope to supply him with a radio and some incentive to use it and report.  He did say that Australian stations were good around sunset.  I was hoping to figure a way to get a remote receiver there, but..

Surface mail can take a *very* long time.  I sent him a computer monitor while he was there.  Took literally months.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI




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