[Dx-qsl] Contacting TI9JJP

[Alfred J Cammarata]

A priceless story!  I thought having my 90 year old mother write a
"needed QSL sob letter" in Italian to an "I" station after 3 years,
several mailings and no response was the ultimate in desperation. Rob
just made ham history!   This one should be published in a magazine for
everyone to read! GL & 73 Al w3awu  

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:40:10 -0500 "HK3CW" <cwdude at gmail.com> writes:
> Yeah...go get it yourself!
> 
> I'm serious... I tried to get a qsl for a long time and never could. 
> Then I  had a business trip to Costa Rica and called him up and after 
> insisting he  "let" me go to his home. I got there on time - before
6:00, after 
> the days  work and waited and waited and waited...I was left sitting in
a 
> small living  room, for about three hours- not even offered something
to drink - 
> then  somebody came in and turned on the freakin TV....I was so
thrilled 
> to watch  Costarican TV!
> Mr. Pastora came 3 hours late and said.."oh I´m sorry" - sat down 
> gave me  the qsl, not even looked at his logbook and I was out on his
front 
> door at  around 9:15..not knowing where I really was and trying to haul
a 
> taxi in the  a city I wasn't even familiar with.
> 
> He is a class act!
> 
> 73 de HK3CW  ROB
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Flanagan" <dick at twohams.com>
> To: "DX-QSL Reflector" <DX-QSL at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:24 PM
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] Contacting TI9JJP
> 
> 
> >I have tried multiple ways of sending a card for the December 2002 
> >operation by TI9JJP on Cocos Island (TI9).
> >
> > Both of the following addresses bounce:
> >
> > Jose Pastora TI2JJP
> > PO Box 2048-2050
> > San Pedro Montes De Oca, San Jose
> > Costa Rica
> >
> > and
> >
> > ti9jjp at altavista.com
> >
> > Does anyone have a good address for this operation?
> >
> > 73, Dick
> > --
> > Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
> > k7vc at arrl.org
> >
> >
> >
> > &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. Please contribute TODAY !! 
> 
> 
> &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. Please contribute TODAY !!
> 

      ALFRED CAMMARATA
                  W3AWU