I figured with the 2012 Olympics having come to an end today, it might be interesting to reflect on games of the past.  I have quite a few QSLs that my dad got around 1980 from the USSR. Here are three of them. The USSR was clearly touting the fact that the 1980 Summer Olympics were being held in Moscow.  I don't remember much about the games that year, I was 4 years old.  Reading over the wikipedia entry on it is advisable.  One of the interesting things that happened that year was that the US boycotted the event because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.  There is a lot of history to take in as a backdrop to the "Games of the XXII Olympiad".  However, I just want to focus on the intersection of ham radio comrades and the olympics.