Dave, good questions and good video. Not sure if you found out the details for "converting" the paper QSL's into LoTW credits, but I think that Dave Deane EI9FBB is still the ARRL Validator for cards for EI, so in the future, he may be able to validate the QSL's for you . 73 Brian EI8EJB
Hi Brian, Yep, I had a good response to this as well as some discussion under the video post on the IRTS Facebook page. I plan to do a responses and learnings video (hopefully this week) of the feedback and how I’ve changed my approach as a result since👌🏻.
Hi Dave. Enjoying your videos. Really like your QSL cards. I have only been a ham for over a year and was wondering if people still send physical cards? I use eQSL but it would be nice to send/receive cards as well. Did you send qslprint.com a background photo or did they supply it for you? Also, I was wondering the same about how QSL cards work, ie. do they/you send a few dollars to receive one back or how does it work? Cheers, Jason EI3IQB
Hi Jason, Thanks for the comment.. That's exactly the conversation I wanted to start, and you may have seen there has been some discussion under the post for this video on the IRTS Facebook page. If you want to get my email on qrz.com (EI5IMB), I would be happy to advise on what I put together for qslprint.com to get the card the way I wanted it. In summary, it seems there are a number of different ways to send and request QSL Cards, and a number of differing opinions on their desirability! I really seems to come down to personal preference. I for example would love to get a card from the first contact I made in each country, but maybe some of them don't send cards, so it just seems to be hit and miss. I plan to post a short summary of the responses to me on this topic either in video form or as a closing comment to this video, once I have them all compiled.
@@IrishHamRadio Hi Dave. Sorry, did not see the discussion on the IRTS Facebook page. Just read it now and it makes things a bit clearer. I will drop you a mail regarding the QSL Cards. Cheers, Jason EI3IQB
Hi Rick, Basically when a contact between 2 stations is made, to officially validate the contact for the purpose of claiming awards for example, a confirmation or QSL is required. Nowadays this is mostly done online via services like qrz.com or LoTW.com. This works by both parties uploading the details of the contact, and if they match, the system marks them "confirmed". Traditionally (pre-internet) , this was done by sending "QSL" cards by post. Many operators still do this today, some for the purpose of actually confirming the contact, and others simply for the purpose of collecting the cards. I hope that explains it!
Dave, good questions and good video. Not sure if you found out the details for "converting" the paper QSL's into LoTW credits, but I think that Dave Deane EI9FBB is still the ARRL Validator for cards for EI, so in the future, he may be able to validate the QSL's for you . 73 Brian EI8EJB
Hi Brian,
Yep, I had a good response to this as well as some discussion under the video post on the IRTS Facebook page.
I plan to do a responses and learnings video (hopefully this week) of the feedback and how I’ve changed my approach as a result since👌🏻.
Hi Dave. Enjoying your videos. Really like your QSL cards. I have only been a ham for over a year and was wondering if people still send physical cards? I use eQSL but it would be nice to send/receive cards as well. Did you send qslprint.com a background photo or did they supply it for you? Also, I was wondering the same about how QSL cards work, ie. do they/you send a few dollars to receive one back or how does it work? Cheers, Jason EI3IQB
Hi Jason,
Thanks for the comment.. That's exactly the conversation I wanted to start, and you may have seen there has been some discussion under the post for this video on the IRTS Facebook page. If you want to get my email on qrz.com (EI5IMB), I would be happy to advise on what I put together for qslprint.com to get the card the way I wanted it.
In summary, it seems there are a number of different ways to send and request QSL Cards, and a number of differing opinions on their desirability! I really seems to come down to personal preference. I for example would love to get a card from the first contact I made in each country, but maybe some of them don't send cards, so it just seems to be hit and miss.
I plan to post a short summary of the responses to me on this topic either in video form or as a closing comment to this video, once I have them all compiled.
@@IrishHamRadio Hi Dave. Sorry, did not see the discussion on the IRTS Facebook page. Just read it now and it makes things a bit clearer. I will drop you a mail regarding the QSL Cards. Cheers, Jason EI3IQB
Newbie question. What's the purpose behind QSL cards?
Hi Rick,
Basically when a contact between 2 stations is made, to officially validate the contact for the purpose of claiming awards for example, a confirmation or QSL is required.
Nowadays this is mostly done online via services like qrz.com or LoTW.com. This works by both parties uploading the details of the contact, and if they match, the system marks them "confirmed".
Traditionally (pre-internet) , this was done by sending "QSL" cards by post.
Many operators still do this today, some for the purpose of actually confirming the contact, and others simply for the purpose of collecting the cards.
I hope that explains it!