[Dx-qsl] organized storage for expanding QSL collection @ VE1JF

Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:52:16 -0800

I'm in same situation as you Jim, having been active since 1954.  I use the
2 drawer side by side and stackable metal files available from Staples,
Office Depot and Office Max.  I have 3 brands intermixed - Steelmaster, CWS
and Flash Filing, all fit one another.  They are 6 h x 14 w x 16 deep.
Bought one of the white prefab drawers from Home Depot and have my drawer
units on top of it (all 10 units (20 drawers).  These hold the larger QSL
cards that come from a lot of the hams (like the new commercial post cards).
These folks also carry the heavy duty tab dividers. I use the prefab drawer
for those awful 8-1/2 x 11 QSL's I get now and then and other odds and ends.
Painted the cabinets to fit the decor of the ham shack walls (XYL's edict).
Not the least expensive way but dang sturdy.

Don W7WLL
----- Original Message -----
From: James W. Fisher, Jr. <[email protected]>
To: dx-qsl <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 3:23 PM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] organized storage for expanding QSL collection @ VE1JF

> My QSL collection is somewhere in the thousands and headed up.  I organize
> the DX QSLs by country and sometimes by finer cuts.  Presently they are in
> a growing motley collection of cardboard boxes.
>
> Can anyone ID some commercial modular storage units, maybe plastic, that
> are an efficient size for normal QSL cards?  (I'll fold some extra-large
> ones if nec.)  My wife HAS given me permission to store them (and other
> files I keep) more neatly and has offered to get one or more cabinets
built
> to hold the boxes in the shack area.  Ideally, someone will offer a
> recommendation for a specific part # available someplace like Staples;
> there aren't any such stores within 1 1/2 hours of here but I could order
> some, make sure they're in, and pick 'em up when I'm travelling.
>
> TIA es 73,
>
> Jim, VE1JF
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