[Dxbase] Help guide for QSL card making - a question for DXbase users

[Ron Stordahl]

Joe gave me a hand to make the following card design quite a few years ago:

http://www.dxspots.com/CardBack_9Q_ReadMe.htm

It's been updated since then and is provided in the DXBase2007 release 
with the names Cardback_9Q_Black_centered.crd and 
Cardback_9Q_Black_edge.crd.  Which you should select will depend upon 
how your printer handles QSL card stock (3.5"x5.5")--do you center the 
card, or do you feed along the edge.

To use these go to: Output>User Designed Labels>Select Label Type and 
choose QSL Cards and QSO's per Label 9.

The card used is a design from W4MPY printed on one side and blank on 
the other.  The QSO information is all printed on the blank side by 
DXBase, as you can see from the above web page.

When I am in a QSLing mood I initially print 'labels' on plain paper 
using the '5160-1qNew.lbl' design to check that I have all the correct 
information, such as the method (Bureau, Direct, Manager, etc) and if 
Manager, the Managers call on the label, and that this is consistent for 
multiple Q's with the same station.  Once everything is in order then I 
print using Cardback_9Q_Black_centered.crd with an HP-1200 laserjet.

This has been an excellent system for me.

Ron, N5IN