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What is UTC on a QSL card?
Because our radio signals can go all of the way around the world, hams use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to keep track of our radio contacts. That way, if you send a QSL card to a ham in another country, he knows when the contact happened without having to deal with time zones.
How to send QSL cards?
Sending or requesting a QSL Card: To send a QSL to an amateur you have contacted (QSO) you usually have several choices. QSL direct via the Post Office (Post Mail), via your QSL Bureau or by the now popular OQRS (On-line Qsl Request System)*.
What size is a QSL card?
140mm x 90mm
The international standard size for a single page QSL card is 140mm x 90mm (5.5” x 3.5”) with a maximum weight of three grams. Once sent, cards are often used to confirm details for amateur radio awards, competitions, etc.
What should be on a QSL card?
The card must have at least the callsign of the station you had QSO with, date and time, channel or frequency and an RS report. The card might also have a field for filling in your own address. Some cards have even more fields for extra info.
How do I get LoTW?
You will need an application that can digitally sign QSOs and submit them to LoTW. The ARRL provides a free application that does this: TQSL, which can be used with computers running Windows, OS-X, or Unix. Many logging applications can also digitally sign QSOs and submit them to LoTW.
What is the meaning of 10 4?
Roger that! 10-4 is a way of saying “message received” in radio communications. It’s also used as a way to “you got it.”
What are the dimensions of a QSL card?
Basic QSL Design. Standard QSL size: 3 ½ inches high x 5 ½ inches wide horizontal or vertical. Filling out the QSL Card. •Call sign of the other station you worked •Time and date. (Use UTC for both and be sure to properly convert from local time and date, if that is how you keep your log.
Can you get a QSL card from a broadcast station?
Broadcast stations: Occasionally other stations may send QSL cards. Often short wave broadcast stations may send them to listeners who send in good reports. To qualify for a QSL card, broadcast stations often require that the listener has listened to the station over a period of time.
Which is the correct way to answer a QSL?
Example: QSL via: KB1DMX PSE QSL TNX •Circle “QSL TNX” to indicate that you are answering a QSL: “Thanks for QSL” •Circle “PSE QSL” to indicate that you are requesting a QSL: “Please QSL”
Can you forward IRCs to the QSL bureau?
The QSL Bureau is for DX cards only (Includes KL7 & KH6) The QSL Bureau cannot forward IRCs or “green-stams” (cash) QSL Mangers