G4IOQ QSL card to IK6BAK

on December 24, 1989

Front QSL card, of G4IOQ to IK6BAK, December 24, 1989, SSB mode. And contains this text: 243 HISTORY The Iron Age earthworks, Old Oswestry (Hen Ddinas) date G 4IOQ from 6th century В.С. There are traces of even earlier settle- ments. Ministry of Works describes them as most intricate earthworks of their kind in the world. Oswestry Shropshire Oswestry takes its name from Oswald, King of Northumbria, who was defeated and slain at the battle of Maserfield, by Penda, the pagan king of Mercia, in A.D. 642. Legend tells that where the royal saint fell, a healing well sprang from the ground. The well is still to be seen. Wat's Dyke, leading from the earthworks, Dyke are 243 HISTORY The Iron Age earthworks, Old Oswestry (Hen Ddinas) date G 4IOQ from 6th century There are traces of even earlier settle- ments. Ministry of Works describes them as most intricate earthworks of their kind in the world. Oswestry Shropshire Oswestry takes its name from Oswald, King of Northumbria, who was defeated and slain at the battle of Maserfield, by Penda, the pagan king of Mercia, in A.D. 642. Legend tells that where the royal saint fell, a healing well sprang from the ground. The well is still to be seen. Wat's Dyke, leading from the earthworks, Dyke are.
Right QSL card, of G4IOQ to IK6BAK, December 24, 1989, SSB mode. The QSL image contains the following objects: Handwriting. And contains this text: A.W WHITE HAREBELLS, TREFONEN ROAD, TREFONEN, NR. OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE. TO RADIO Confirming our 2 way QSO 24.964 MHz ON AT 0938-0951 GMT or 24TH DEC 1989 Your SSB, 59 FM, TX RX ANT G5RV " et 10 m AGL. REMARKS 73 TONY PSE, TKS, QSL, DIRECT OR VIA RSGB. A.W WHITE HAREBELLS, TREFONEN ROAD, TREFONEN, NR. OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE. 9DZ TO RADIO Confirming our 2 way QSO 24.964 MHz ON AT 0938-0951 or 24TH DEC 1989 Your SSB, 59 FM, TX WAS RX ANT " AGL. REMARKS NICE C ON 12 ELISEO ALN 73 TONY PSE, TKS, QSL, DIRECT OR VIA RSGB..