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About half way down the page the link takes you to right spot it is called QSL card maker at bottom of description is a place to download the program just click on the here botton W6GMT, Feb 8, 2018. Customized colorful QSL Cards with Your own Image Welcome to QSL Works, America's premier source for custom QSL cards - individually designed with your image (s) or ours for a truely unique, memorable QSL card! Each order receives personalized, professional attention - proudly produced in America's heartland. QSL Maker is a lightweight Windows application built specifically for helping radio station amateurs create their own QSL cards. It boasts a clean and simple interface that gives users the. Design Your Own QSL Card by Aaron D. Schmitz, KB0YKI QSL cards are used by amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners to exchange information about a radio contact that has taken place. The cards can be used to show where, when, and how a contact took place. The cards can be accumulated and used to verify the results of a contest.

You can use this web page to create QSL cards. The cards will be created in the form of a PDF document that you can then print on light-weight card stock. The individual cards can then be cut out and the information filled in and mailed to the intended recipient. You have the option of printing a single QSL card or printing up to four cards per page. The cards are printed 5.5 inches wide by 3.5 inches high. This is a standard size for a QSL card. However, this leaves no room for margins when printing over two cards per page on a standard 8.5 by 11 paper size. Fortunately, since these are pdf files you can print them and have the page print with the fit to page option. This will slightly reduce the size of the cards and allow them to be printed on whatever printer that you have. This will allow you to make better use of any special paper you are using, assuming you don't mind having the cards slightly smaller than is normal.

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You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the pdf QSL Cards.

If you would like to have your card be a little more personal, you can select an image on your computer and have it used when creating the QSL cards. If you would like to do this then please select the image that you would like to use by clicking on the 'browse' button.

You have the option of printing the image as a background or else having it printed next to your address. You also have the option to have the ARRL logo printed next to your address. You will simply need to specify, on the image, address and ARRL logo whether you want it printed left, center or on the right side of the card.

There is also a 'MISC' field that you can use to print any information that the QSL Card Creator doesn't allow for by default. This is useful if you have information that you want printed that wasn't thought of when the card creator was being designed. The 'MISC' field will print just below the address.

Please be aware that this feature may not work if the image you are trying to use is too large . If you get an error or the QSL card is not created as expected, try reducing the size of the image and see if that solves the problem for you.

Also, if you get tired of reentering your name and address and other information, you can create a free user account and/or login to this site and once logged in most of the information used when creating the QSL card will be saved and used the next time you want to create one .

A QSL card is a written confirmation of either a two-wayradiocommunication between two amateur radio or citizens band stations; a one-way reception of a signal from an AM radio, FM radio, television or shortwave broadcasting station; or the reception of a two-way radiocommunication by a third party listener. A typical QSL card is the same size and made from the same material as a typical postcard, and most are sent through the mail as such.

QSL card derived its name from the Q code 'QSL'. A Q code message can stand for a statement or a question (when the code is followed by a question mark). In this case, 'QSL?' (note the question mark) means 'Do you confirm receipt of my transmission?' while 'QSL' (without a question mark) means 'I confirm receipt of your transmission.'.^[1]

History[edit]

During the early days of radio broadcasting, the ability for a radio set to receive distant signals was a source of pride for many consumers and hobbyists. Listeners would mail 'reception reports' to radio broadcasting stations in hopes of getting a written letter to officially verify they had heard a distant station. As the volume of reception reports increased, stations took to sending post cards containing a brief form that acknowledged reception. Collecting these cards became popular with radio listeners in the 1920s and 1930s, and reception reports were often used by early broadcasters to gauge the effectiveness of their transmissions.^[2]

The concept of sending a post card to verify reception of a station (and later two-way contact between them) may have been independently invented several times. The earliest reference seems to be a card sent in 1916 from 8VX in Buffalo, New York to 3TQ in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (in those days ITU prefixes were not used). The standardized card with callsign, frequency, date, etc. may have been developed in 1919 by C.D. Hoffman, 8UX, in Akron, Ohio. In Europe, W.E.F. 'Bill' Corsham, 2UV, first used a QSL when operating from Harlesden, England in 1922.^[3]

Use in amateur radio[edit]

Amateur radio operators exchange QSL cards to confirm two-way radio contact between stations. Each card contains details about one or more contacts, the station and its operator. At a minimum, this includes the call sign of both stations participating in the contact, the time and date when it occurred (usually specified in UTC), the radio frequency or band used, the mode of transmission used, and a signal report.^[4] The International Amateur Radio Union and its member societies recommend a maximum size of 3½ by 5½ inches (140 mm by 90 mm).^[5]

Although some QSL cards are plain, they are a ham radio operator's calling card and are therefore frequently used for the expression of individual creativity — from a photo of the operator at their station to original artwork, images of the operator's home town or surrounding countryside, etc. Consequently, the collecting of QSL cards with especially interesting designs has become a frequent addition to the simple gathering of printed documentation of a ham's communications over the course of his or her radio career.

Normally sent using ordinary, international postal systems, QSL cards can be sent either direct to an individual's address, or via a country's centralized amateur radio association QSL bureau, which collects and distributes cards for that country. This saves postage fees for the sender by sending several cards destined for a single country in one envelope, or large numbers of cards using parcel services. Although this reduces postage costs, it increases the delivery time because of the extra handling time involved.^[6] In addition to such incoming bureaus, there are also outgoing bureaus in some countries. These bureaus offer further postage savings by accepting cards destined for many different countries and repackaging them together into bundles that are sent to specific incoming bureaus.^[7] Most QSL bureaus operated by national amateur radio societies are both incoming and outgoing, with the notable exception of the United States of America, and are coordinated by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).^[7]

For rare countries, that is ones where there are very few amateur radio operators, places with no reliable (or even existing) postal systems, including expeditions to remote areas, a volunteer QSL manager may handle the mailing of cards. For expeditions this may amount to thousands of cards, and payment for at least postage is appreciated, and is required for a direct reply (as opposed to a return via a bureau).

The Internet has enabled electronic notification as an alternative to mailing a physical card. These systems use computer databases to store the same information normally verified by QSL cards, in an electronic format. Some sponsors of amateur radio operating awards, which normally accept QSL cards for proof of contacts, may also recognize a specific electronic QSL system in verifying award applications.

• One such system, called eQSL,^[8] enables electronic exchange of QSLs as jpeg or gif images which can then be printed as cards on the recipient's local inkjet or laser printer, or displayed on the computer monitor. Many logging programs now have direct electronic interfaces to transmit QSO details in real-time into the eQSL.cc database. CQ Amateur Radio magazine began accepting electronic QSLs from eQSL.cc for its four award programs in January 2009. 10-10 has been accepting eQSLs since 2002.
• Another system, the ARRL’s Logbook of The World (LoTW), allows confirmations to be submitted electronically for that organization’s DX Century Club and Worked All States awards. Confirmations are in the form of database records, electronically signed with the private key of the sender. This system simply matches database records but does not allow creation of pictorial QSL cards.

Despite the advantages of electronic QSLs, physical QSL cards are often historical or sentimental keepsakes of a memorable location heard or worked, or of a pleasant contact with a new radio friend, and serious ham radio operators may have thousands of them. Some cards are plain, while others are multicolored and may be oversized or double paged.

Usage in shortwave listening[edit]

International shortwave broadcasters have traditionally issued QSL cards to listeners to verify reception of programming, and also as a means of judging the size of their audiences, effective reception distances, and technical performance of their transmitters. QSL cards can also serve as publicity tools for the shortwave broadcaster, and sometimes the cards will include cultural information about the country.^[9]

The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program has occasionally requested reception information on its shortwave experiments, in return for which it sent back QSL cards.^[10] Standard frequency and time stations, such as WWV, will also send QSL cards in response to listeners reports. Other shortwave utility stations, such as marine and aviation weather broadcasters, may QSL, as do some pirate radio stations, usually through mail drop boxes.

Usage in CB radio[edit]

CB radio enthusiasts often exchanged colorful QSL cards, especially during the height of CB's popularity in the 1970s.^[11] CB radio operators who met while on the air would typically swap personalized QSL cards which featured their names ('handles') and CB callsigns.^[12] Originally, CB required a purchased license and the use of a callsign; however, when the CB craze was at its peak many people ignored this requirement and invented their own 'handles'.^[13]

A simple card format might only include the users callsign and/or 'handle', home location, and note the date and time of a CB radio contact. More elaborate cards featured caricatures, cartoons, slogans and jokes, sometimes of a ribald nature.^[12] As the CB radio fad grew in the U.S. and Canada, a number of artists specializing in artwork for CB QSL cards emerged who were identified by nicknames such as 'Alley Cat', 'Sundown', 'Booking Agent', 'Squeaky', 'The Viking', 'Moonglow', and 'Brushstroke'.^[14] According to artist Jess Anderson, aka 'Runnin Bare', in 1976, he returned $100,000 to customers 'because he could not keep up with demand'.^[14]

Usage in TV-FM and AM DXing[edit]

QSL cards are also collected by radio enthusiasts who listen for distant FM radio or TV stations. With the advent of digital broadcasting there is greater difficulty with the reception of weak TV signals due to the cliff effect,^[15] however AM broadcasting radio stations will often reply to listener reports, particularly if they report receiving them at a significant distance.^[16]

See also[edit]

• Heys Collection, a collection of QSL cards in the British Library Philatelic Collections

Further reading[edit]

• Gregory, Danny; Paul Sahre (2003). Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN1-56898-281-X.
• Kenyon, Ronald W. QSL: How I Traveled the World and Never Left Home. Kindle Direct Publishing (2020). ISBN9798686214170. 163 pages. Color illustrations of 109 vintage QSL cards from 1956 to 1961 issued by 89 shortwave stations in 75 countries, 35 cards from radio amateurs and shortwave monitors, and 13 holiday greeting cards from shortwave stations in nine countries. Introduction and Appendix: 'A Letter from Antarctica.'

References[edit]

1. ^ICAO PANS-ABC Doc8400, International Civil Aviation Organization; full list reproduced at Ralf D. Kloth (31 December 2009). 'List of Q-codes'.
2. ^Timothy D. Taylor; Mark Katz; Tony Grajeda (19 June 2012). Music, Sound, and Technology in America: A Documentary History of Early Phonograph, Cinema, and Radio. Duke University Press. pp. 240–. ISBN978-0-8223-4946-4.
3. ^Who invented the QSL Card?Archived July 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^Ellen White, W1YL, ed. (1976). ARRL Ham Radio Operating Guide. Newington, CT: American Radio Relay League. p. 55.
5. ^Eckersley, R. J, G4FTJ (1985). Amateur Radio Operating Manual (3 ed.). Potters Bar, Herts, UK: Radio Society of Great Britain. p. 32. ISBN0-900612-69-X.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. ^The Radio Amateur's Handbook 1978. Newington, CT: American Radio Relay League. 1977. p. 653.
7. ^ ^ab'IARU QSL Bureaus'. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
8. ^http://www.eqsl.cc/qslcard/ : eQSL home page
9. ^Jerome S. Berg (1 October 2008). Listening on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today. McFarland. pp. 330–. ISBN978-0-7864-5199-9.
10. ^A HAARP QSL card for the 40 meter moonbounce experiment in January 2008
11. ^Mark Menjivar (9 June 2015). The Luck Archive: Exploring Belief, Superstition, and Tradition. Trinity University Press. pp. 49–. ISBN978-1-59534-250-8.
12. ^ ^abTukker, Paul. 'American collector finds trove of Yukon CB radio memorabilia'. CBC News. CBC. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
13. ^MotorBoating. November 1975. pp. 16–.
14. ^ ^abSmith, Jordan. 'CB Radio QSL Cards: A 1970s Social Media Craze'. Flashbak.com. Alum Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
15. ^Lars-Ingemar Lundstrom (21 August 2012). Understanding Digital Television: An Introduction to DVB Systems with Satellite, Cable, Broadband and Terrestrial TV Distribution. CRC Press. pp. 9–. ISBN978-1-136-03282-0.
16. ^Barun Roy (1 September 2009). Enter The World Of Mass Media. Pustak Mahal. pp. 21–. ISBN978-81-223-1080-1.

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• A very large QSL gallery, more than 12,000 old cards (French, machine translation into English available)
• Martin Elbe's QSL-Pages, a QSL collection of broadcasting stations
• Ham Gallery QSL Museum, a collection of QSL cards from around the world
• QSL Cards from the Past list of over 40,000 cards with over 2200 scanned cards on display including one from a young Coast Guard Sailor named Arthur M. Godfrey dated 1929.
• Arquivo Portugues de QSL Portuguese QSL Archive
• Ukrainian DX QSL Trophies - QSL Gallery by US7IID - More than 11.600 QSL cards of amateur radio stations.
• The Final Courtesy: A QSL Card 77 Years in the Making A long-delayed QSL card is recreated and sent
• George L. Glotzbach QSL collection at the University of Maryland libraries.

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