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What should I put on a QSL card for a repeater contact?
I never saw a standard in the last 25 years. I usually put something in the comment like 'using repeater xxx'. Where the xxx is the callsign of the repeater.
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QSL cards and distance minimums
They can be sent to anyone you've had a QSO with, whether it's that DX contact or the person next door. You can send them directly through the mail, or through the outgoing QSL bureau (for DX contacts ...
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QSL cards and distance minimums
You may also wish to consider electronic QSL sites like eQSL and Logbook of the World. These types of sites allow QSL information to be automatically exchanged between stations. In many cases, they ...
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What is a QSL card?
A QSL card is a physical card usually the size of a postcard. They are sent to verify a contact known as a QSL. To get various awards like Worked All States or DXCC (worked 100 entities) you need to ...
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An exact meaning of S.A.S.E and S.A.E in the context of QSL cards
In my opinion, wikipedia is wrong on their definition of SAE, despite their reference in the footnote. In fact, even that reference gives two definitions of SAE. Perhaps their are regional ...
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Is it ethical to accept sponsorship for QSL cards?
It is indeed ethical for QSL cards to be sponsored, as long as it's not stated on the air. Many DXpeditions are sponsored by corporate entities and include their advertisements on the card.
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G/ in front of a QSL calls sign: SV1ABA
There is an agreement between a group of countries (the CEPT T/R 61-01 agreement - described here) that allows radio amateurs from any of the countries in the agreement to operate in any of the other ...
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How do I get QSL cards from the Incoming Bureau?
First go to one of these pages and find the QSL Bureau that serves your area.
https://www.qsl.net/va3rj/qsl_buro2.html
http://www.arrl.org/qsl-service
They will have instructions. In general you will ...
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What should I put on a QSL card for a repeater contact?
I'd just add a note indicating the repeater frequency and call sign somewhere on the QSL card you send.
My XYL and I like to give ARRL First Contact awards to people we've made their first contact ...
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What is the easiest way to print data on qsl cards?
Forgive me if this isn't the case, but isn't just taking a pen and writing the few things that need to be filled out much quicker than printing out labels? Unless you really make lots of qso 's and ...
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What is the easiest way to print data on qsl cards?
I have had good success with a "photo" printer. I made my Word template so that it prints the data at the same time as the background image. The only downside is single sided printing. But the card ...
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What is the easiest way to print data on qsl cards?
So, the fact that laser printers work so well is that you can directly roll-on the toner – that either requires a very finely tuned linear transport of the paper to be printed on (which is ...
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What is Logbook Of The World or LOTW?
To add to Jim's answer, one of the goals of Logbook of the World is to be a secure system (reference). This presumably was necessary because contacts with some DXCC entities or other stations are ...
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What is Logbook Of The World or LOTW?
LOTW is a service provide by the American Radio Relay League or ARRL. It started in 2003. it allows a secure upload of your ham radio contacts to an online database. By matching your records with ...
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G/ in front of a QSL calls sign: SV1ABA
Maybe someone will correct me on this, but the G/ probably means that SV1ABA was visiting England when he made this contact.
The G prefix is assigned to hams in Great Britain, e.g. G3TXQ.
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Any way to get LOTW "credit" for a paper QSL card?
Yes there is! You have two options, you can either mail your cards to the ARRL for verification, or you could meet up with a QSL Award Manager. Each section has one or more QSL Award Managers who do ...
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How to do physical QSL when not operating from your home QTH?
Ideally you would use /P after your callsign when you made the contact, or some other indication that you were away from home (in the US, it's not uncommon to say the call district you're operating ...
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Physical QSL card request procedures?
There are several ways to find out whether a station/operator sends QSL cards:
ask during your QSO
check the callsign profile on qrz.com for the station's preferred way of exchanging QSO confirmation
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Received a QSL card with signal reports transposed. What to do?
Regarding your question about whether it matters if the RS numbers in a QSL card you received match the numbers in your log, that's mainly up to you, unless you want to use the contact for something, ...
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What is a QSL card?
It should also be noted that many hams now upload their logs to Log of the World, or other services, and that contest award providers can use these services to match up contacts, making QSL cards a ...
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QSL cards from shortwave listeners
OK, I think I found an answer to my own question after Mike helped to word the right question :) The eQSL.cc FAQ says:
How do I handle SWL cards? When a user sets the SWL/HAM checkbox in
his ...
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What should I put on a QSL card for a repeater contact?
I got my first QSL card for a 220 MHz repeater contact. It stated "224.06 RPT" as frequency and "repeater FM" as mode.
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How precise should the time be on a QSL card?
"As accurate as feasible", I'd say. There are no hard and fast rules.
The nice thing about a paper QSL card is you can write anything you want in the box. Can't remember the time? Write &...
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Are there countries where QSLs are required to get or upgrade a license?
I believe the rationale is not a "measurement" of popularity but 1) an assessment of activity, i.e. it will take a certain amount of dedication and time to log stations as a listener, ...
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An exact meaning of S.A.S.E and S.A.E in the context of QSL cards
"Green stamps" originally meant something else. In this context, it's slang.
Since International Reply Coupons are no longer sold or accepted, it could mean postage stamps or money.
In some ...
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How does one log a QSO via a cross-band repeater?
For cross-band satellite contacts, the uplink and downlink frequencies, or at least the nominal frequencies of the bands used, should be logged. Typically the frequencies are both stuffed into a &...
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How precise should the time be on a QSL card?
On HF, or for contest QSOs, most hams keep exact logs with times accurate to the minute, so if you were sending QSL cards for HF or contest contacts, then the polite thing to do would be to be ...
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How precise should the time be on a QSL card?
As long as you receive the confirming card, you have what you need as a souvenir or to submit for an award. In my experience, online records need to agree withing 15 minutes to qualify for ...
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QSL cards from shortwave listeners
I receive SWL QSL cards every few years. And I usually respond, especially if they include an SASE.
But why not also respond to eQSLs? In either case, you might make someone's day. :-)
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How large should the call of the remote station be on the QSL card?
These days a majority of DXpeditions and large contest stations print the QSL data on address labels to be stuck on the QSL cards. 10-point type is common, which is about 3.5 mm high, so your plan ...
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