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For
our unique QSL this week, we feature a very special QSL that was received by
Mrs. Dr. Carolyn Lysandrou, amateur callsign KC9URR, who now lives in
Bloomington, Indiana. Some years ago,
Dr. Lysandrou was living in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia where she spent some
time.
Here in the United States two years
ago, she endeavored on several occasions to tune in to the shortwave service of
the Voice of Mongolia, and then on September 14 (2012) she was finally
successful in tuning their signal on 12085 kHz.
This 250 kW shortwave transmitter is located at Honhor, a few miles
south east from the national capital Ulaan Baatar.
Her reception report was verified by
a friendly letter in English from Uyanga Ganchangaa together with a QSL card;
that is, a tourist picture postcard with the QSL text handwritten on the
reverse side.
Mrs. Carolyn states that she ”spent
many days trying to hear the station”, and that “it
was so nice to receive such a wonderful personal letter” referring
to the area where she used to live in Ulaan Baatar. With a nostalgic comment, Carolyn Lysandrou
concludes by saying: “I miss Mongolia”.
(AWR-Wavescan/NWS 297 via Adrian Peterson)