[DX] QSL Address for I1YRL

[Wayne N5WD]

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:19:47 -0700, Jim Shaw wrote:
>Just returned to the air after more than 12 years QRT.  ..

>Question:  Where do I send the card for I1YRL?  Or, where do I=
 go to
>find an
>address to send him a card?

Remember when you had to buy a Radio Amateur's Callbook the size=
 of a 
New Yawk City phone book each year, plus the quarterly=
 supplements, 
just to keep up on who is who?  Well, you'll find that the=
 internet 
has really replaced the RAC, for the most part, since the FCC now=
 
publishes the entire callsign database online for anyone to=
 download 
and 'publish' online. Many of the online databases also include=
 DX 
callsign/address info as well.

For example, go to http://www.qrz.com  and insert I1YRL's=
 callsign in 
the search engine, and you'll find lots of information about=
 Luciano, 
including his email address.  If you're in doubt whether or not=
 to 
send a QSL via the bureau or direct, drop him an email just as=
 easy 
as you sent your message, here, and I'm sure he'll be glad to=
 advise 
you as to how the best method would be.

There are still services that sell foreign mint stamps for you to=
 put 
onto an SAE - others want IRC's (they cost a bunch more now than=
 they 
did a decade ago) - and others still swear by the QSL bureaus.  

Good luck, and welcome back!

73 Wayne N5WD

>
>73 de Jim WA6PXU@ARRL.net
>

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