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QSLs (was 6-meters)
Caveat Lector wrote:
I suspect the low rate of return may be because there are many Technician class operators on the band and as such do not have QSL cards like the HF ops. But gee one can make their own with a computer and an ink jet printer http://www.qsl.net/wa7s/ or get the economy QSL cards. Examples: one can buy generic cards for $4.95 My "log" is an Access database and I've got homemade QSLs set up as a report; it prints either one on demand from the QSO form, or prints all QSLs since the last print run, depending. I print them onto Sparco 3.5x5.5 perforated index cards; it's fast and easy, and now that the print job is set up, I can print special cards for special events (contests, etc.) if I want. What I really wanted to add to this discussion, though, is that I always appreciate QSLs, but I especially like the homebrewed cards--anything from fancy full-color ones done on an inkjet, to simple hand-drawn ones photocopied onto cardstock. All QSLs are good, but the ones that are made at home by the hams themselves are particularly fun--they give you a better sense of the ham on the other end of the QSO, often provide more information than the standardized ones, and they're just more fun all around. So new hams: do NOT let not having store-bought QSLs keep you from QSLing! Heck, write it by hand on an index card-- the recipients WILL like them, honest! _______________________________________________ Ken Kuzenski AC4RD ken . kuzenski at duke .edu _______________________________________________ All disclaimers apply, see? www.duke.edu/~kuzen001 |
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QSLs (was 6-meters)
Indeed Kuzen -- my prize QSL card is a homemade card from a little 12 year
old Maori girl in New Zealand. It is hand painted. Also got one from a student in Guyana. Also hand painted. CL wrote in message ... Caveat Lector wrote: I suspect the low rate of return may be because there are many Technician class operators on the band and as such do not have QSL cards like the HF ops. But gee one can make their own with a computer and an ink jet printer http://www.qsl.net/wa7s/ or get the economy QSL cards. Examples: one can buy generic cards for $4.95 My "log" is an Access database and I've got homemade QSLs set up as a report; it prints either one on demand from the QSO form, or prints all QSLs since the last print run, depending. I print them onto Sparco 3.5x5.5 perforated index cards; it's fast and easy, and now that the print job is set up, I can print special cards for special events (contests, etc.) if I want. What I really wanted to add to this discussion, though, is that I always appreciate QSLs, but I especially like the homebrewed cards--anything from fancy full-color ones done on an inkjet, to simple hand-drawn ones photocopied onto cardstock. All QSLs are good, but the ones that are made at home by the hams themselves are particularly fun--they give you a better sense of the ham on the other end of the QSO, often provide more information than the standardized ones, and they're just more fun all around. So new hams: do NOT let not having store-bought QSLs keep you from QSLing! Heck, write it by hand on an index card-- the recipients WILL like them, honest! _______________________________________________ Ken Kuzenski AC4RD ken . kuzenski at duke .edu _______________________________________________ All disclaimers apply, see? www.duke.edu/~kuzen001 |
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