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Standard QSL Card
In the 1950's a strange product rolled out
of the Standard Motor Company, it was the QSL card.
A QSL card for those not familiar
with amateur radio is the card sent by an amateur radio operator
to confirm a radio contact, usually
if that contact has some special significance.
This particular card sent by
G2FTK - Arthur Noakes who is currently the president of the
Coventry Amateur Radio society - was successfully
won on Ebay by society member Brian Leathley - Andrew G8GMU. The
card is probably part of the estate of the now late W2BJQ as it
was for sale in the USA. The details on the front of the card
relates to a contact in Morse code made between Arthur
& W2BJQ Charlie a radio amateur in the USA. Arthur was using a
transmitter power of only 20 watts into a wire 85 feet in length.
The reverse side of the card
depicts "The NEW STANDARD VANGUARD" The registration
number of the vehicle GDU 770.
It begs the question does the
vehicle still exist.
The card was presented to Arthur
on presidents night at the end of March.
Before I gained my amateur radio
licence I saw many of these cards advertising such cars as the
Standard 8 & 10. I am
sure that many Coventry radio amateurs used the service provided
by the Standard to have their cards printed, a symbiotic
relationship ensuring these
cards were distributed to much of the world by the amateur radio
fraternity.
To learn a little more about amateur radio
just put G8GMU into Google.
73
Brian
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