My second attempt to QSL Polish Rescue Radio on 2187.5 kHz was successful!
Polish Rescue Radio operates from the city of Gdynia in Poland. I heard them with a DSC message to a cargo ship GT Foresti. When I checked the ship was in the Kiel canal, connecting the East (Baltic) Sea with the North Sea, on its way to Brake, a harbor in the Weser river, north of Bremen.
I snet my report to gmdss@umgdy.gov.pl . Polish Rescue Radio replaced Witowo Radio on January 1st, 2020. They have a very nice website that provides lots of info on their operations.
Hello Peter
I sent out a report with this e-mail address, gmdss@umgdy.gov.pl, but mail returned undelivered.
Could you please give me the e-mail address you used to receive the QSL.
Thank you very much.
Alain
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Hi Alain, thanks for your interest in my site. Unfortunately I have bad news for you, because the address you used is exactly the same I used: gmdss@umgdy.gov.pl . The domain umgdy.gov.pl hasn’t changed (I just checked it and it is still live), so you could try again or try umgdy@umgdy.gov.pl …
Hello Peter,
Thanks for your reply and info, will try the second and let you know.
Best 73’s
Alain
Hi Peter!
Tried
gmdss(at)umgdy(dot)gov(dot)pl
and
umgdy(at)umgdy(dot)gov(dot)pl
both gave back failure notice “access denied”!
Tried SAR address
polratok.1@sar.gov.pl
and seems to be delivered OK. Let’s hope they’ll reply.
I do hope so Rob. I don’t have anything else to offer you. It is a bit annoying how often these governmental institutes change name. But maybe it’s all part of the game.
The website still has the domain umgdy(dot)gov(dot)pl but it seems that there’s a block on their mailboxes (“access denied”). They might have taken our emails as “spam” or they allow access to known addresses only. Who knows…