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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor

This week, Surfin’ visits a website dedicated to QSL cards.

The first QSL card I ever received was from shortwave broadcast station Trans World Radio in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. I don’t remember the first ham radio QSL card I received, but I do recall that I never received a QSL card from my first ham radio contact.

I always enjoyed the QSL card asp…

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources

Check out these RTTY images:

QSL DF0WF

Image by g7ahn
QSL card for a 7 MHz RTTY QSO with Eberswalde-Finow DARC local club station. The photograph shows the former Lorenz AG experimental radio station in Eberswalde circa 1930. Behind the transmitter building there is the wooden antenna mast.

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Image by daveclausen
N2YCR: IC-7000 decoding RTTY on 20M

Check out these QSL images:

QSL DF5WN
QSL
Image by g7ahn
An AEG three-phase AC current railcar breaking the world speed record of 210.2 km/h. QSL card from DF5WN for a 14 MHz SSB QSO on July 14, 2002.

QSL WA5COH
QSL
Image by g7ahn
A dual-use QSL card, used to confirm either amateur radio or CB contacts.

hamsphere qsl card editor
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QSL card. Posted this video to assist with DX contacts. In the background you hear station 29FB018, Lee in Wexford, Ireland in which I made contact with during this shoot. 10/09/2011, approx. 17:00 UTC.
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the QSL card of palestine from 1920 for ham radio