QSL’s, LoTW, and eQSL

I love getting QSL cards. Not exactly sure why but I do. I use LoTW and eQSL for the convenience and cost savings when chasing awards but I love getting QSL cards. I have lots of them, literally shoebox upon shoebox covering qso’s dating back 40 years. And still even with the expense I send more out and more come in. When I go to the mail box, I’m always on the lookout for that “telltale” envelope that marks “buro” cards or the return Air Mail- Red, White, and Blue beauty that’s coming direct from some far away place.

I even started scanning the cards in on order to put them in a website gallery at some point.  Every once in a while I’ll open up the file containing the scanned images and start a slide show. It takes a while to look at them all even if the image is only on the screen for only a second or two. When the show is over I think about all the time and effort it took first to work those stations and then to amass that collection of cards.

I love getting QSL cards. Not exactly sure why but I do. Maybe in the end however,  its because these cards are more than just confirmations of QSO’s but more affirmations of one’s dedication to a hobby and the friends and enjoyment that have always been part of it.

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