QSL Cards Received
Finally, A Scanner That Will Scan QSL Cards!
I have been looking for some time for a scanner that would make it easy to scan and QSL cards so that I could create a cool screensaver for one of my computers. My primary Brother printer/scanner does a great job scanning most things – but it will choke on a QSL card because of the curved paper path.
Fortunately, I found this great little portable scanner – Brother Mobile Color Page Scanner, DS-620 – that can easily scan and QSL cards quickly due to its straight paper path. It was advertised as being able to scan in business cards and comes with software for building a business card database.
My working theory was that if it would handle business cards that would handle QSL cards. It worked so well that I was able to scan 72 QSL cards in about 15 minutes! That’s almost 5 cards per minute. The scanner comes with very easy to use scanning software that, in my case, automatically places all images in a Received QSL Cards subdirectory under my Ham Radio subdirectory.
Recent QSL Cards Received
These are some of the physical QSL cards that I have recently received – include my own QSL cards for both my current QTH here in Texas and my previous QTH back in Maryland. Most of these are for my amateur satellite contacts who traditionally provide LOTW confirmation and a hard card:
Recently Received QSL Cards
Now that I know this works so well, I will soon be scanning in all the QSL cards I have in the big box. Once I do, I will add that slideshow to this page.
Special Shoutout To Super QSLer WE4B
As a special shout out, one of my amateur satellite friends – Jeff, WE4B – goes WAY over and beyond when it comes to QSL cards. Jeff meticulously seeks out and buys space-related or amateur radio related postage stamps – even from different countries – and creates a QSL card with the stamp on the cover.
Not only does he create a multitude of different QSL cards from different stamps – he sends the stamps with the QSL card! Nicely done, my friend!
He even goes to the trouble of using interesting US postage stamps when he sends a QSL cards. For all those reasons, here is a separate slideshow of just some of the ones I have received from Jeff:
Special QSL Cards and Stamps Received from Jeff WE4B
Thanks, Jeff, for your very creative and enjoyable approach to QSL cards!
Again, my very strong preference is LOTW – but it is nice to get a physical card sometimes! If you want to QSL one of our contacts, please be sure and check out my QRZ page for details, information and mailing address.
Stay Radioactive!
Robert
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PS: Here are some photos of my Brother Mobile Color Page Scanner, DS-620 in action. I am actually very impressed by how well it scans documents as well as QSL cards – and how small the footprint is even in the carrying bag.
Brother DS 620 Scanner
I bought mine factory refurbished for about $65. You can also buy it new for around $80. To me, this is a great price – especially since it solves the problem I have when I travel and need to send faxes.