Qsl card

A QSL card from May 1959. QSL cards are written confirmation of two-way radiocommunication between amateur radio or citizens band stations; one-way reception of a signal from a radio, television, or shortwave broadcasting station; or the reception of a two-way radiocommunication by a third party listener. They are typically the same size and material as a postcard and are sent through the mail. The front of the card is an illustration of a Soviet Scientific Complex Expedition at work in the Antarctic. There are two people with scientific equipment and penguins in front of the ship. In the background the coast is visible. The caption on the back explains that the illustration is of the Disel electric ship "Ob" at the shore of the South polar continent. The UAØKUV stamp on the front of the card indicates that it is an amateur radio call sign located in the USSR Zone Ø, which was the Siberia/Far East Region. The back of the card has a stamp that reads the following: ARRL W5/K5 QSL BUREAU W5ADZ, Brad A. Beard, P.O. Box 25172 Houston 5, Texas. It also includes information about the radio station it is being sent to and information about how to send the QSL card.