[CW] Paper logbook

[Tony]

I'm a "logbook keeper" too!  Have all of my logs from April 1954 (now on page 3057).  Made my own log "original" page years ago and simply run copies off as I need them.  Mine is a bit like a diary as is "SX-25's".  My "other data" log area includes the age and ham experience of the stations I have worked.  Seems like age and experience is as much a part of a ragchew as is power, rig and antenna.  Used to, my logs had a lot of "teenagers" in them....now I see to have a lot of "60's and 70's"!!!
Interesting thread.
73
Tony, W4FOA
PS: I also have my paper logs from EL2AD, 7Q7AA and PY1ZBA...talk about interesting !!
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  From: SX-25 
  To: cw at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:32 PM
  Subject: [CW] Paper logbook


  I applaud WD8DAS on his logbook initiative. My logbook was, and has been since I was first licensed, one of the
  most cherished things in my shack. About 35 years ago I began also entering data related to my ham operations but not required (in the traditional sense) in a station logbook. Every time I buy or sell of piece of gear I make a block entry on a line stating the item, the other party involved, their QTH and price. What an interesting walk down memory lane as I look back to the days when I sold a Johnson Ranger for $25. Sometimes painful, too. HI

  Of course I enter station changes and repairs which, from an archival standpoint have proven most helpful when a problem reoccurs years later.

  I also make private notes in the remarks section about the stations I work. I enter positive and, yes, negative things about the operator or the QSO. Right or wrong, sometimes I am feeling somewhat "selective" about answering a call. I also enter things like "doesn't keep a log." That way I know if we have a QSO I am going to be required to send the whole info package which is somewhat annoying, especially when you work the same station repeatedly.

  I think my favorite use of the log is when a certain call sign rings a bell and I scramble to thumb through my very early logbooks and then can tell the station, "great to hear you again-we had QSO in 1967." What a conversation starter!

  My hat is off to stations who still keep a paper log for a lot of reasons and, WD8DAS, I believe you're on the right track.

  QTX es ZUT WA9VLK

  -30-




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