Tuesday, August 9, 2011

QSL Cards

I would bet most of you, like me before a few months ago, have any idea what QSL cards are. I did some digging and Wikipedia sums it up best:
Amateur radio operators exchange QSL cards to confirm two-way radio contact between stations. Each card contains details about one or more contacts, the station and its operator. At a minimum, this includes the call sign of both stations participating in the contact, the time and date when it occurred (usually specified in UTC), the radio frequency or Band used, the mode of transmission used, and a signal report.
These little homemade gems are strange slices of Americana. These twelve are from my suddenly growing collection. I can't seem to get enough of them

KAAN-8153 - Hot Kielbasa and Climbin Kitten - Anchorage, Alaska


KADA-6168 - The Silver Horse & Diamond Dust - Spokane, Washington


KAGA-7933 - Mr. Sparks & Lady Sparks - Ansonia, Ohio


KCE-0096 - The Whirley Bird and Humming Bird - Millersburg, Pennsylvania


KFS-0453 - Joker & Joker's Wild - Clarkston, Washington


KDY-0416 - Leilani - Santa Clara, California

KDN-6975 - Mr. & Mrs. Trolley Car - Fleetwood, Pennsylvania


KFT-1336 - Cookie Man - Kinston, North Carolina


KER-1024 - Dirty Dog & Puppy Dog - Whitehall, Pennsylvania


KDZ-0551 - Spinner & Patches - West Warwick, Rhode Island


KFP-0337 - The Chrome Civilian - Erie, Pennsylvania


KDP-1396 - Duck Hunter & House Mouse - Kansas City, Kansas

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