[JMS] W1HRX QSL Ready for Review and call for donations

[Don Buska]

Thanks Gary.  Well Scott is a JMS member too.  So he's reading the 
reflector.

73

Don N9OO

Gary Carter wrote:

> Yep, I'm in too! I'll email you concerning the contribution to your 
> direct address. Excellent job! Thank Scott for us for the use of his 
> original card.
>
> 73, Gary - WA4IAM
>
>
> Don Buska wrote:
>
>> Good Day JMS Members,
>>
>> I have uploaded a sample of the new JMS W1HRX QSL card to this URL:
>>
>> http://home.wi.rr.com/n9oo/w1hrx_qsl.html
>>
>> The actual graphics will be better, but to conserve space and speed 
>> up downloading these are only a little over 100K in size.  The back 
>> side was also an export to jpg from Corel Draw which never does look 
>> good.  The original back side text is very clear.  For those who 
>> don't know the front side of this QSL is modeled after the original 
>> James Millen W1HRX QSL from the mid-30's.  The only change is Jim's 
>> address on the front has been replaced with our society name.
>>
>> So where do we go from here?  Well  now I seek your monetary 
>> donations to produce 1000 minimum of this card.  The last batch of 
>> QSL's (1000) for the JMS 100th Birthday celebration ran me a little 
>> bit over $100.  So my plans are to hold off submitting the new 
>> generic W1HRX cards until I receive and hit the $100 mark.  I would 
>> like to get the order off  to the printer near the beginning of 
>> December.  The final quantity printed will be determined by the 
>> amount of  greenbacks collected at the time of order.  I will keep 
>> the group posted as donations are received during this month and 
>> beyond on a weekly basis.
>> Try to get donations in early.  All donations will be kept 
>> confidential, except for a personnal thank you email from me as a 
>> confirmation of receipt.
>>
>> We were a much smaller group back in 2001 when we celebrated the 
>> 100th Anniversary of Millen's Birth using the W1HRX call at the AWA 
>> annex.  The donations back then only covered about half the cost of 
>> printing the 1000 cards.
>>
>> For all who submit a donation this time around please let me know if 
>> you want a sample QSL from the 100th Anniversary event.  That QSL 
>> card has two B&W photos on the front of the old 1930's Millen 
>> station, currently located at the AWA Annex, and my personnal Millen 
>> setup which was used on the final Saturday of that operation.  We 
>> sent out around 100 cards for that operation so I have plenty to 
>> provide as collector items.  Just like a PBS fund drive;  Donate and 
>> we send you a gift, hi hi.
>>
>> Soon we will be announcing the next upcoming W1HRX operating event 
>> which will use the newly designed QSL's.  All monies collected will 
>> go toward QSL's.  Excess will be converted to US postal stamps and 
>> supplied to future JMS W1HRX callsign users to offset mailing of the 
>> JMS cards to those contacts which fail to provide SASE's with their 
>> QSL's.
>>
>> Stay-tuned es 73
>>
>> Don N9OO
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