Another one of the QSL cards I picked up a few weeks ago. I have to confess that while I know there are still people who are ham radio operators, I have a tendency to think of it as a rather old-fashioned activity. So, on the front, there is a little bit of type that says "Mon 4-18-21" So, from 2021? On the back, a "This will confirm our recent Citizen's Band Communication of.....,19...." which would indicate that this card is from some time in the twentieth century.
I'm not part of the ham radio community, so I hope I'm getting this right. QSL cards are the way ham radio operators keep track of who talks to whom. Anyway, a few weeks ago I bought a small envelope of QSL cards. Most of them were personalized images, drawings rather than photographs. For those who are interested in such things, I've put a couple of them up on my Fair Use blog which I use for non-photographic bits of ephemera I've collected, as well as the huge number of images I've found while surfing the web that I've found interesting enough that I'd like to save and review from time to time.
So, back to this card. It's not a great image, just a commercially produced postcard with some ham radio info handwritten on the back. The caption, "Cypress trees many centuries old grow far out in the waters of Lake Eloise at Florida's Cypress Gardens, and together with the brilliant flowers form a picture of the South that will never be forgotten" The card's publisher, "Florida Natural Color, Inc. 2652 N.E. 189th St., Miami, Fla 33163" The card doesn't look like it was ever mailed. There's no stamp or postmark. It was, however, addressed to "BILL, P.O. 6250, TITUSVILLE, FLA 32780." And now for the ham radio stuff, "KENWOOD-T.S. 520, D-104, WILSON S.S. QUAD 45" And written separately, "ViA John, SSB-124." Anyone who understands ham radio can translate what all the letters and numbers mean and put in the comments section at the bottom of the post.
