There’s a particular satisfaction in holding a stack of cards with your own callsign on them for the first time in a new design — and this batch turned out better than I hoped.
I designed the front myself with AI — South Jersey grid square, the barn, the dish, all of it — and picked one of the 20+ back designs at KB3IFH QSL Cards. Randy runs the shop and was great to work with the whole way through. If you’re looking to get your own cards made, head over to his site and take a look at what he offers.
The back does more than I expected from a standard QSL card — I can confirm up to three QSOs on a single card, mark whether I was operating from the home QTH, mobile, or portable, and list rig, antenna, and power for each contact. For someone who’s accumulating a lot of different setups these days, that flexibility matters.
I went with 3.5″ x 5.5″ cards, which meant stepping up to a proper envelope rather than a standard QSL swap sleeve. I’m sending these out individually — partly to protect the card in transit, partly because it lets me tuck in a short note, or a little something extra, when it’s warranted. I landed on these 4×6 envelopes from Amazon to fit.
First card out the door went to W9IMS — the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club’s special event station. I worked them for all three races this year on 20 and 40 meters, and nearly missed the last one entirely — that contact went in the log at 23:48, twelve minutes before the special event ended.
Hope to hear you on the bands soon — and to trade a card with you when I do.
73 de N2LQH · Terry Rossi · South Jersey
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