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QSLs: There is lightning over the Tatras

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 04:30 PM PST
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The first stanza of the Slovak national anthem goes,

There is lightning over the Tatras,

thunderclaps wildly beat.

Let us stop them, brothers,

for all that, they will disappear,

the Slovaks will revive.

Im a Slovak-American, so I always look forward to getting QSL cards from
the old country. In the latest package from the QSL bureau, I got four of
them. None of the callsigns spell words, but theyre still pretty cool.


This card commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jozef Murgas,
one of the early pioneersÂ*of radio.


The caption on this card reads, Sunrise of the hill Klak.

This card reads, This castle built in 1340. The castle that Pavel is
referring to isÂ*Likavský hradÂ*(hrad is Slovak for castle). It is situated
in the north-western part of Liptov, which, we believe, is the province
that my ancestors lived in. According to Slovakia Travel, the Castle was
referred to for the first time in 1315. Its construction started with the
intention to have a guarding point over the passage across the river Váh
and the trade route from the Váh Basin to Orava and further to Poland.

The castle on this QSL card is Bratislava Castle. It stands 85m over the
Danube River.



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