[Boatanchors] Old-Timey QSL card for boatanchor era

Glen Zook gzook at yahoo.com
Fri May 11 13:42:06 EDT 2007


I "forgot" the link to the "olde tyme" QSL artwork!

It is

http://k9sth.com/Page_2.html

Glen, K9STH


--- Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Both the frequency band ("Mc") and the meter band
> ("M") were used on the old QSL cards.  The frequency
> band was generally used more often.  Go to
> 
> http://k9sth.com/uploads/qsl2.JPG
> 
> for some examples of my QSL cards from 1959 onward.
> 
> Also, go to
> 
> and scroll down to the bottom of the list of links. 
> The artwork is available for a number of QSL card
> designs from the 1950s into the 1960s to which you
> can
> add your own information.
> 
> I doesn't matter to me if the QSL indicated
> frequency
> or meter band.  Generally most DX'pedition cards now
> have the frequency band (i.e. "7" for 40 meters)
> indicated but I have gotten some that use the
> "meter"
> band.  Personally I indicate the "meter" band on my
> QSL cards.  
> 
> Most people just put down the frequency band if they
> are using that system.  A few do indicate the
> frequency that their dial is reading but, in my
> opinion, that is just additional work.
> 
> Glen, K9STH
> 
> 
> --- eugene at hertzmail.com wrote:
> 
> I am designing my very first QSL card. My interests
> are in antique and vintage (boatanchor) equipment so
> I
> am trying to make my QSL card look antique or
> vintage.
>  Many of the old QSL cards only indicated the band
> that the QSO took place (ie 20 meters). I was
> thinking
> of doing that on my card. 
>  
> Question to the group is...When you receive a QSL
> card, do you prefer to see the frequency of the QSO
> (ie 14.080) or is it quite ok to just say 20 meters?
> Does the answer to this question depend at all on if
> the QSO was during a contest?
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> Glen, K9STH
> 
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
> 
> 
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Glen, K9STH

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