Re: [HCDX]: R. Tanzania Zanzibar

[Dan Ferguson <df@xxxxxxxxxx>]

bwahahahaha    shades of Omar M. Omar!!!!!!!!!

whom some will remember from many years ago!

df




At 20:35 04/15/98 +0200, Guido Schotmans wrote:
>
>>TANZANIA - 11734 kHz, The Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar (thats the official
>>name), QSL-letter (partial data), for a taped report in 28 days, verie
>>signer was Abdulrah'man M.Said (for the director of the Voice of
>>Tanzania Zanzibar), return postage was 2 IRCs, nice stamps on their air
>>mail envelope. Some quotes : "The Management is very much happy with
>>your report ....It is very unfortunate that at the moment we do not have
>>a QSL-CARD [Isn't that the phrase from a lot of other stations, too?],
>>but I hope this letter will serve the pupose [It does!]." "We have 178
>>personnel. We run a 15 hrs transmitter every day from 6:00oclock to 9:00
>>oclock in the morning and later on from 12:00 noon to 24:00 oclock
>>midnight." "We have two transmitters, a 50 KW SW Transmitter and a 50 KW
>>MW transmitter located 5 km apart." "Furthermore I would like to request
>>yourself to do some printing of the said QSL-CARD WHICH ARE OF GREAT
>>DEMAND HERE. We will be using the cards to answer back our listeners all
>>over the world." [I'd wish, all stations would do this !]. Address : The
>>Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar, Department of Broadcasting, P.O.Box 1178,
>>Zazibar Tel: 31985/33718/32324 Fax: 31985 (M.Schoech, Germany)
>
>
>As suggested in this message I have designed a QSL card for Radio Tanzania
>Zanzibar (visible in the attached file). I have printed 100 pieces of them.
>That was the easy part. Now the difficult one : how can I send them to
>Zanzibar in a safe way. It is a common knowledge among DX'ers when sending
>reception reports to third world countries to make the envelope not to
>attractive by putting nice stamps on it or enclosing things that you can
>feel. The chance that it is 'lost' is high. But when I'll sent a packet of
>100 cards there is no doubt that it will attract attention. Is there
>somebody here that can give me some advise on how to send the packet in a
>more safer way to Zanzibar.
>
>BTW : Radio Tanzania Zanzibar can be heard on 11734.1 kHz between 16.30 and
>17.05 UTC. Only then the frequency is clear.
>
>
>
>73,
>
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>Guido Schotmans - Editor-in-Chief
>DX-Antwerp, P.O.Box 16, B-2660 Hoboken, BELGIUM
>e-mail : gs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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