[Dx-qsl] ARRRRRGHHHH

[John Bergman]

That is correct.  APO/FPO is handled by the USPS as USA 
mail.
                          John Bergman, KC5LK

On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 07:27:08 -0700
  Alan Zack <k7acz at cox.net> wrote:
> Don't think GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA belongs in the last 
>line.  The Zip code tells the APO/FPO mail system what 
>base the mail will go to.  By adding GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA 
>it may have caused it to be actually sent to the Cuban 
>mail system or confused the postal workers to return it 
>to you as undeliverable as addressed.
> 
> Danny Douglas wrote:
> 
>>Just got my envelope back from KG4AN- GUANTANAMO BAY 
>>AMATEUR RADIO CLUB,
>>address given in qrz.com:
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>>GUANTANAMO BAY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB (GARC)
>>PSC 1005 BOX 73
>>FPO AE GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA 09593
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>>Marked up , and then a stamp saying no such number.
>>Now I know there has been an uproar in congress with a 
>>few patsies wanting
>>to close the base down, but didnt expect it quite this 
>>soon.
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>>Buck says its esentially same address, but then has QSL 
>>manager as WT4AK,
>>Soooo go look up  WT4AK, and of course, there is no such 
>>call issued
>>according to to Buck, QRZ, and the FCC data base.  A 
>>searching thru Google
>>shows the call has apparently come up for re-issue.
>>
>>You would think a base small as Guantanamo would know who 
>>their customers
>>are, and that the data bases would keep up with dropped 
>>calls, etc.
>>Certainly a different army that I was in.
>>
>>Anyway, I have an old contact on 21 Jan 96 on 40 ssb I 
>>need a QSL for,  Any
>>hints out there.
>>Thanks
>>Danny
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>>Danny Douglas N7DC
>>ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
>>SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB
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> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know 
>what you've got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow 
>Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also true about QSL.NET if more 
>users don't open their wallets and help financially. 
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