I have been to Reunion Island and have spent time with Herik. His son lived with us here in the U.S. for a while. Wonderful man and family!
Mail receipt IS a problem on Reunion. Any mail addressed to Reunion Island automatically goes through Madagascar (yes, even a large proportion of airmail addressed to "Reunion via France") where mail integrity rivals the worst of the old Iron Block countries. The safest way to QSL Herik is to his FRANCE address ONLY. I won't speak for Herik, but he is very sensitive to his QSLing complaints. He loves ham radio and I'm sure one of the reasons he's not on much any more is because he doesn't want to hear complaints about not QSLing. To my knowledge he is fastidious about getting every QSL returned, whether direct or via buro. He returns what he receives. He can't QSL if he never gets the card! If he was "QSOing for greenstamps," he would be on the air a lot more! It is so easy for most of us to be critical when we take our mail service for granted. Now, you know the "rest of the story." 73/DX Glenn WØGJ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
