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General Category => QSLs Received => Topic started by: Skipmuck on April 18, 2015, 1352 UTC

Title: ARCHIVES-"CCAT-Canadian Club Radio" 1985
Post by: Skipmuck on April 18, 2015, 1352 UTC
I received this Polaroid photo of the CCAT transmitter setup back in the mid 1980's and thought I would share it here. I can't find the personal letter QSL it came with, but my recollection is that the op also announced using the call letters COAX and used a snail mail address in Toronto. Does anyone else remember this one or have any other information? I would be interested in hearing anything about this Canadian operation!
Title: Re: ARCHIVES-"CCAT-Canadian Club Radio" 1985
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on April 19, 2015, 1636 UTC
I checked my QSL collection, and I have a similar photo, along with the cover letter:

(http://www.hfunderground.com/w/images/e/e0/CCAT_Radio.jpg)
Title: Re: ARCHIVES-"CCAT-Canadian Club Radio" 1985
Post by: Skipmuck on April 19, 2015, 1934 UTC
Very nice Chris! My QSL letter is still to be found, but my recollection is that it had much the same information as your's. I recall that the initial broadcasts were done using the COAX call letters, and a subsequent transmission I heard was indeed as CCAT-Canadian Club Radio. The operator was bummed out after a lady friend had broken up with him and was lamenting the fact with a number of F-bombs during the broadcast...
Now why did I throw away all those hundreds of cassette tapes I recorded during the 1980's... >:(