Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] One for the Books

["Stewart, Joseph R" <RandyStewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Absolute insanity... and it gives me the feeling that nobody currently running/working for Vatican Radio has a clue about DXing, reception reports, QSLing, etc.--or cares any longer. This sounds very much like what you experienced with Danmarks Radio (i.e. clearing out their stock of QSL cards just to get rid of them)--albeit on a more epic scale. But at least you GOT a reply!  Back in 1995 after my one and only reception of Vatican-1611, I sent a nice taped report... and a follow-up... and another follow-up... and never heard word one from them.

Randy Stewart
Arts Producer
KSMU
901 S. National
Springfield MO 65897



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From: am-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:am-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Renfrew
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 9:58 PM
To: am@xxxxxxxxxxx; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; amdx@xxxxxxxxxx; Tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxx; Glenn Hauser
Subject: [NRC-AM] One for the Books

Jim Renfrew, Holley NY

Yes, this is one for the books!

I requested a QSL by e-mail from Radio Vaticana for a reception of the Madagascar relay.  In today's mail I got a stack of 26 QSLs, and a nice note from Father Moses Hamungole thanking me from my report.  Unfortunately not even one of the 26 QSLs was actually filled out.  This has got to be a record of some kind for QSLing futility - 26 QSLs in one package, but not one counts!

I've had as many as four blanks arrive in one letter from a station (Radio Denmark when it was clearing out of English broasdcasting), but 26 is beyond crazy.

24 of those QSL cards are a picture of Ratzinger, not a guy shown much devotion in this Proterstant household! 

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