taking its opening acronym from one of the ‘Q’ signals used by ham radio users to communicate with one another (its official descriptor is ‘Can you acknowledge receipt? I am acknowledging receipt’).

When an amateur radio establishes a ... For some amateurs a QSL can be considered as a collector item and kept as it in a large binder for the pleasure of his owner's eyes. Others will stick it up to ...

Ham radio is no different ... ham had a log book — a notebook to write down contacts — and a stack of QSL cards. Operators would exchange cards in the mail to confirm contact with each ...

When discussing with amateurs sending QSL cards regularly, one notes that after many ... If there is no QSL bureau - at least one representing amateur radio association - in the concerned country, a ...