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Hams can apply for special call signs for special events. Lots of times it's groups or organized around special location. I know there has been a movement to
by rmason 4y ago
Hams can apply for special call signs for special events. Lots of times it's groups or organized around special location.
I know there has been a movement to move QSL cards to completely digital. Maybe I'm old school but for over fifty years (in my case) getting a stack of QSL cards in the mailbox has always been a rush.
Why is it called QSL? In the early days of Morse telegraphy a set of Q codes evolved as a sort of short hand for commonly sent messages. Some of these are still used in ham radio such as QRM which means interference. Sorry I didn't get all that there was too much QRM from the Russian Buzzer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QSL_card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QSL_card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76
- intrepidor 4y agoThis has nothing to do with any "ham" special event station.
- pugworthy 4y agoQSL cards are great reminders of history and conversations had, even if brief. I have a bunch of my dad's cards starting from in the mid 50's from all over the world.
- CliffStoll 4y agoSends me back to the mid-1960's. My bedroom wall covered with QSL cards. Tossed by my parents when I went to grad school. Sigh...