After three posts about our previous QSL-cards, we’ve reached the fourth and final one. Many of these didn’t fit into the other categories, so we thought we’d pile them up into one bonus post instead. For easier access, part 1, part 2 and part 3 can be found here.

LA1K/V

As mentioned in an earlier post, LA1K/V was used from the town of Hell, close to the airport located in Stjørdal. The /V suffix refers to the former county of North Trøndelag, which merged together with South Trøndelag to form a united Trøndelag in 2018. LA1K has been transmitting from Hell for many years, most notably on the digi-mode HELL, and to participate at the NRRL County Test. The card itself is identical to a LA1K version, using the same postcard for the layout.

Members of LA1K joking and posing on front of the sign in Hell in 1969.

Jamboree on the Air

LA1K has been assisting the local Scouting associations with the radio setup for the JOTA / JOTI (Jamboree on the Air/Internet) event a few times. In 2010 OPs LA5ZKA, LA7VRA, LA2USA and LA2USA/YL helped out the South Trøndelag Scouts at “Stykket” under the call LA1JAM.

In 2023 LA1K helped out the Melhus Scouts at Gimse School in Melhus, just south of Trondheim. This time the LA2JAM call was administered by OPs LA2QUA, LB0VG, LB5PI and LB9WI, with LB8LI assisting. There was a card for this call as well, made by the group themselves, but the author of the article deleted the scan by mistake while writing, oops.

UKEsenderen

UKEsenderen (“The Week”-transmitter) used to broadcast every odd numbered year from the 1933 until 2001, during the student festival, UKA. ARK were responsible for the transmitter itself but not the programs. NRK had a monopoly on both TV and radio broadcasting from 1933 until the 1980’s so every year it was a pain to acquire dispensation, and thus it was not granted in 1977 or 1979. UKEsenderen was has been transmitting on AM, FM and DAB, and was one of the first radio stations in Norway to transmit in stereo in 1959, with some tricky solutions.

The card above shows UKEsenderen transmitting on the AM-band, and HAMs listening could send us a report to receive a card. Some details are listed in the World Radio-TV Handbook here from 1966. The tramlines shown going eastbound and southbound towards Singsaker and Elgeseter were closed in 1968 and 1983 respectively. With the drawing itself being dated 1946 we can assume it was used sometime between 1946-1968 at least.

Sketches

In our archives we also found a few sketches for a potential card-design. To our knowledge they went unused, but you can see the development made a good deal of progress. A Viking-themed QSL-card with the Oseberg-ship was made in the 70’s, so the one with the helmet may have been designed around the same time.

And, there you have it! Thank you for reading, perhaps you have been sent a few of the cards showcased the previous weeks sometime earlier as well. The list is not complete but it is what we had to show for now. Perhaps we’ll write a follow-up sometime in the future if we uncover a few more.