[Fists] A Simple note on QSLing

[David Ring]

I have such a solution to people just moved, or moving or afraid they will move.

1.)  If they are going to move locally, and there is little doubt that
they ** will always ** go past the post office in XYZ town, get a Post
Office Box there and change their address to that.  Of course that
won*t help if you change towns or change counties.  At least you won*t
have to change your address.

2.) If you are in between jobs, or unstablity is in your life, then
print up a nice QSL about you and your activities, clubs, interests,
and maybe some other history.  Then get a clear matt finish sticker
(they are sold) with your name and mailing address on it - and put it
on the bottom - or when you design your QSL card, leave a space for it
at the bottom left (or right) of the card.

3.  A big giant size call sign card with report on one side.  Use the
other for address and your label for return address - or an ink stamp.
 The QTH info is now on the mailing side.  Change addresses, no
problem!  Also a picture of you and your call works!

73

David N1EA







On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Tomas Hood <nw7us.heliophile at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  Hi,
>
>  > I was thinking the same thing. Even when I send SASEs I don't get 100%.
>
>  As a person guilty of not returning a QSL card, I will confess what
>  has happened. In my case, I did not have any QSL cards available to
>  reply with.  My intentions had been to have some printed, but then
>  life happened... and I near forgot.
>
>  I'm trying to get some new cards made, now.  The issue is that I have
>  to create TWO sets of cards.  One for the old QTH, and now a new QTH.
>  That is a bit costly... unless I just send out a very low-quality
>  card.  I don't like to do that, but perhaps that would be better than
>  not sending at all.
>
>  I confess this so that it might shed light on why some cards never
>  come when you've sent a request...
>
>  Tomas David Hood
>
>  Amateur Radio Operator, NW7US
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