Category Archives: QSL

Outward QSL cards

Over the past few weeks I have been progressively catching up on my outgoing QSL cards. Generally I only send QSL card to DX stations and special event VK stations. I avoid sending multiple cards to the same station by … Continue reading

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One hundred, one hundred, one hundred!

100. Three simple digits. This week 100 has been popping up all over the place. 100 DXCC entities worked. It has taken me from my first HF contact with VK2NZ in April 2006 to QSO number 2284 today when I … Continue reading

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QSL card sent, LOTW next.

After a few nights of writing out QSL cards I dropped about 300 cards off at the inward QSL bureau and picked up 3 new cards that had arrived. I will be interested in seeing how many new cards I … Continue reading

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QSL ? How I am managing my QSL cards.

Until recently I have only sent QSL cards to special event stations and as reply cards to those I received. I was printing my own cards and it was a slow process. Five weeks ago I decided I would order … Continue reading

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VI3KIAH – Recognising the operators of Black Saturday

For the first anniversary of the 2009 February fires the Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group used a special call sign in recognition of the services radio operators provided during and after the fires. VI3KIAH operated at Kinglake, one of the … Continue reading

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