Shortwave Radio (QSL) Cards

To improve your signal capability, eat more canned fruit! Sent "via Central Radio Club, Praha Czechoslovakia" on July 29th, 1968. (Shown slightly larger than original size.)

Look straight at my antenna. You are getting sleepy... sleepy... Sent from "Radio G3RFE... Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England." (Shown slightly larger than original size.)

"...Will it go 'round in circles Flyin' so high, like a bird up in the sky...?"

Sent from Motomachi, Toyonaka-city, Osaka, Japan to Radio W7BDU in Portland, Oregon.

I have no idea what the young woman is holding in this picture. A very oddly-shaped picnic basket or carry-all? Some component of the motorcycle (which might technically be a moped anyway)? Anyone know? (Well, I got my answer. Scroll over to read.) From the Central Radio Club in Prague to Radio W7BDU in Portland, Oregon. (Shown slightly larger than original size.)

I love everything about this image. The glassware, the "leafy green" sweater, the fact that they left the model's hair naturalistic enough to not suggest an aluminum helmet... Everything. From the Central Radio Club in Prague, Czechoslovakia to W7BDU in Portland, Oregon.

Sent from "Archangel, region 113, USSR, zone 16." Shown slightly larger than original size.

Sent to an operator in California, according to a numerical message stamped on the back.

Sent from New Brunswick, Canada to Eugene, Oregon on July 6th.