BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

in the UK.
With best greetings,
Robert Kipp, 11. November 2008
(hcdx, Nov 11)
Maybe US mail has contracts with specific airlines to take the route path
still via Cape Town. (wb)
The RETURN POSTAGE is the same as last year: at least 3 IRCs or 5 Euros or
5 GBPounds or 3 USDollars
Sorry about the monetary conversion rates. The 5 Euro banknote is the
smallest banknote in Euro-Land.
The AIRMAIL-POSTAGE required from the USA is USDollars 0.94, from Germany
Euro 1.70, from England GBP 0.81, from Switzerland SFR 1.80 and for other
countries, please ask at the local post office.
Glad to hear that so many people could hear the RSD 2008 broadcasts.
BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN to USE the NEW postal route for letters to Radio St.
Helena.
Best 73's de Robert Kipp" (Nov 17)
RSH address arcania.
Here is a small point that is maybe worth noting: in the USPS on-line
postage rate calculator SH is listed as "Saint
Helena," not "St. Helena" or "St. Helena Island." Some destinations are
shown as both "Saint" and "St.," but SH is shown only as "Saint," and no
"Island."
The listings in the "Country Listing" section of USPS Pub. 51,
"International Postal Prices and Fees"
do not track those in the rate calculator, but in Pub. 51 there are no
entries under "St."; everything is "Saint."
Yes, the USPS has it in their computer system only as Saint Helena, so it
might be better to spell it out that way on your envelope.
(Jerry Berg-NY-USA, and Chris Lobdell, DXplorer Nov 18)
St.H. 2008 resumen (in EUR).
R. St. Helena log resumen in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Holland;
according reports in A-DX Austrian mailing list.
11092.5 kHz 2000-2330 (rather til 2344 UT on air, acc to Uwe Volk.
"God save the Queen" at 2330 UT)
To emphasise: propagation was rather very lousy in Europe too, St.H.
signal seemed to be poorly received here, much less in signal strength,
compared to transmissions in previous years.
Propagation towards Brazil, Canada and USA gave them a competitive edge in
these countries. I can copy the comment mail of Paul from Illinois:
"What relatively little was able to copy of the broadcast was during a few
infrequent and sudden peaks in signal strength. The sig would come up out
of the noise suddenly and then almost disappear just as suddenly. Most of
the broadcast was not intelligible."
12 reporters were successful according A-DX mailing list:
Clemens Paul-D DL4RAJ, Martin Boesch-SUI, Thomas Schubaur-D DL1TS, Hans
Pammer-AUT, Patrick Robic-AUT, Felix Lechte-D, Christoph Ratzer-AUT