The first QSL card was sent from Buffalo, New York, in 1916 and for decades they were an important and interesting part of the amateur radio culture. Most of them were individual designs and sometimes even veritable works of art. Times have changed a lot, but since I started with amateur radio in the early 1970s I have an obsession and passion for individually styled cards. I do not send QSLs just to confirm QSOs but to express my fascination and appreciation for the roots and virtues of amateur radio. Changing my card motives quite often, I invest a lot of time and effort to design the graphical layout and typography and to select appropriate top quality paperboard for the printjob. I only keep a paper logbook and confirm almost all QSOs with a handwritten QSL. Please note that I do not collect QSLs because I need any QSOs to be confirmed, but solely for their graphical design and personality. Your QSL can be very simple and printed or drawn on cheap paper, if it only shows some personality it will be very much appreciated and become a valuable part of my collection.

Timeline of my own QSL card designs,
from the present way back more than a half century with fond memories
to my SWL time as a 14 years young teenager in 1971 ...

2024 (current):



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1973 (freshly licenced):



1971 (SWL):