W8DFL QSL Cards - 2/7/2011

We're finally out of the infernal German cards. Not that there's anything wrong with Germany or their cards, but it's nice to have some variety.  :-)Up today are mainly from France and French protectorates (or former ones).A good example is from Algeria:Until January of 1961 Algeria was part of France, hence the French call sign. Less than a year later Algeria became an independent country. My guess is that Mr. René Roujas fled back to France by the end of 1962 along with many of the European French that were colonizing the country. Now you'd get something from 7R or 7T - 7Y if you lived there.Another cool thing I saw for the first time is a mention of a DXpedition:A DXpedition is something that a person or a group does to "activate" a small lett-populated country. (Well, DXCC entity to get technical)Vic got a new country when he called St. Martin that day!  :-)Less than a year later he got it again with FGØAYO.Another DXpedition was to St. Pierre & Miquelon:How can I tell it's a DXpedition? By the date! May __ 1967. There's no way someone would print up a new set of cards for each month. Not only that but the QSL Via WB2RSW is another give-away.He also managed to get EA7EM a couple of times as well. The front of the card is the same, but the back is slightly different.[smugmug url="http://vec.smugmug.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=15750542_QaiCF&format=rss200" imagecount="100" start="1" num="100" thumbsize="Th" link="lightbox" captions="false" sort="false" window="true" smugmug="true" size="L"]Cool stuff and cool history!By the numbers:

EA3SA		Spain			6/21/1969	20	SSBEA7EM		Spain	EA7EM_1		1/11/1955	20	?EA7EM		Spain	EA7EM_2		3/2/1959	10	?EA8AH		Spain			11/13/1959	10	FoneEA8FS		Canary Islands		3/7/1971	20	SSBEI8G		Ireland			10/18/1958	10	FoneEL1N		Liberia	EL1N_1		11/19/1959	10	?EL1N		Liberia	EL1N_2		11/19/1959	10EL2L		Liberia			4/22/1959	10	CWF2QQ		France			3/30/1974	20	CWF3QF		France			10/19/1959	10	CWF6CYL		France			2/27/1974	20	SSBF7EP		France			10/18/1958	10	CWF7ES		France			10/25/1958	10	CWF9TV		France			11/2/1958	10	?FA3JY		Algeria			3/6/1960	10	FoneFC9UC		France			9/30/1975	20	SSBFG0AYO		French St. Martin	2/2/1974	15	CWFG0FA	K6SE/2	French St. Martin	10/24/1973	20	SSBFP8DD		St. Pierre & Miquelon	5/19/1967	20	SSB
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