SAINT HELENA In various e-mail of Apr 17-24, Gary Walters, the Station
Manager of R St. Helena (RSH), wrote to me:

- the Radio St. Helena Day 2008 QSL cards have arrived at RSH on Apr 16
and they look fantastic, and I am sure that DXers who are eagerly waiting
for their cards will be pleased to have one in their collection.

- My wife has played a big part in collating all information / addresses
and putting it directly onto her laptop, this will speed things up
dramatically.

- Last night I spent two hours signing the QSL cards for JAPAN and my wife
was putting them into their appropriate envelopes and sealing them down.
If we spend two hours per night we should get through them pretty quickly.

- So, the first who will be receiving their QSL cards sometime early May
will be our friends in Japan. The reason for this is because we received
the highest number of reports from Japan.

- The QSLs will be sent to Ascension, because that postal route has proven
to be much safer.

- I have enclosed a compliment slip with each card and some will receive a
small map of the island and other info from the tourist office. I thought
this would add a nice touch. I did this because I have received many kind
words from nearly all who sent me a report. I found this to be very
uplifting indeed.

- RSD 2008 QSL cards for Germany are also ready to be posted. Now we just
have to wait for the ship to return from Cape Town to take all these QSLs
to Ascension.

- I have read every single letter from DXers from around the globe where
each one contains words of friendship saying how pleased they were to have
heard R St Helena, even if they could not make out some of the broadcast,
it was still a thrill to many who managed to receive us from so far away.
For me, starting the broadcast was like riding on the crest of a wave!
Love to do it again!!
(Walters via Kipp-D, via dswci DXW Apr 29, WWDXC May 1 ed.)
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dxAce
Michigan
USA