[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] QSLing and LOTW

[John Hucke]

Ian- Go to eQSL, they have a feature where you can put in your call sign and see what is waiting for you for free.
What I think you'll like is seeing the cards, some are very attractive and you may find some who failed to respond. eQSL will print them and mail them to you if you want but that gets pretty expensive. I know someone commented he was able to make jpegs of the eQSL cards then he loaded the images on an SD Card and put the card in an electronic frame and set that up to run so he could enjoy his cards w/o pulling out boxes or albums. 73 John 

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> On Feb 17, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Ian <ik7565 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Worth discussing at a club meeting.  Would be interested to know if anyone
> else is using eQSL.  I don't - I've always been an ARRL guy.  John -
> definitely QSL the HZ - that's not a common card!
> 73, Ian N8IK 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AlexandriaRadioClub
> [mailto:alexandriaradioclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of JOHN
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:48 PM
> To: Tom Kirby
> Cc: alexandriaradioclub
> Subject: Re: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] QSLing and LOTW
> 
> Tom, Ian et al,
> I'm new to HF and honestly LoTW (It isn't a logbook and the whole world
> doesn't use it) has proven very Mac unfriendly so I'm not currently using
> it. I understand it is the quickest way to DXCC and WAS but those will take
> me a very long time for me. I'm going to make 1 more try at setting up LoTW,
> I understand the newer version has been improved and is more Mac friendly. 
> I do direct QSLing and so far all my efforts have been domestic. I'm
> requesting direct cards from Special Event Stations first. I'm preparing my
> first small batch of direct DX QSL cards now. 
> I also use eQSL and I find opening the program and finding that DX eQSL card
> pretty neat, it won't help with ARRL awards but they can be used for CQ and
> their own awards.Some of the domestic cards are pretty nice to and a whole
> lot cheaper then direct. I've gotten e cards from England, Scotland, South
> Africa, Honduras, Brazil, Canada and Saudi Arabia. I was very happy to get
> the Saudi e-card because it confirms the contact that was a 4-4 at best. I
> was debating doing a direct card but hesitating on investing $5+. Now I know
> I'm in his log so I'm going for the paper card so one day it will count for
> DXCC. 
> I believe ARC should use eQSL. While a basic account is free it cost about
> $30 a year to do the better e Card. Since I'm not in the immediate area to
> easily help I'm willing to commit $60 to fund 2 years of eQSL. That should
> be long enough to see what we think of the results. 
> I believe someone has a copy of the Club Logo to use on the card and we have
> a few very computer savvy members who could get it uploaded and the card
> created. Rich would need to take a photo of the club license with his cell
> phone and e-mail that to get the authenticity guaranteed status that makes