[GCARC] question for club: 2 sided or 1 sided QSL cards

[Christopher Prioli AD2CS]

A couple of things of which you need to be aware...

1.  Make sure that if you put your mailing address on the card, it cannot
be mistaken for the address to which you are mailing the card.  Automated
postal equipment will often make that mistake, which results in your mailed
cards showing up delivered -- to your mailbox!

2.  To help prevent that error from happening, do not just drop outbound
QSL cards in a postal drop box.  Instead, take them to the counter in a
post office and have the postal clerk hand cancel the  cards.  That
bypasses the automatic system and helps to ensure that the cards go where
you intend for them to go.

I learned this the hard way... but my next-door neighbor is the local
postal clerk.  She is the one who told me how to do this... and it works.
I have not had a single card misdelivered since I started having them
hand-cancelled this way.

73 de

-- Chris   AD2CS
*GCARC VE Team Liaison*
*GCARC Education Committee Chair*
*GCARC Membership Committee Chair*
*Member, GCARC Board of Directors*
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Christopher P Prioli
648 W Holly Ave
Pitman, NJ  08071
1-856-689-6783
www.ad2cs.com

On Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 18:12 Tony Starr <tstarr1450 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mary,
>
> Following my recent move to WPA, I had Randy make some new cards for me,
> and they came out great.  On the front, I have a photo of some of the local
> scenery, with my call sign above it, and an old town slogan below it.
> Since you are on the shore, you could use a photo of some local shore
> scenery.  Then on the back, all of your QSO exchange information as well as
> your address, grid square, and county.  Yes, county.  Some people collect
> them.  Good luck with your QSL cards, and I am certain that Randy will do a
> nice job on them. His work is some of the best that I have seen. 73.
>
> Tony Starr K3TS
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM mary delemarre <marydelemarre at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >    I am working with Randy Dorman KB3IFH to design my QSL cards.  Lee
> WA2LH
> > recommended him.  *I was wondering if club members prefer one or 2 sided
> > cards.*  I am having a difficult time deciding on what to put on the
> front
> > besides a giraffe.
> >
> >
> > 73
> > Mary W2TDS
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > *Mary Delemarre*
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