QSL Cards from the Bureau

Received a batch of QSL cards in the post last week for my MQ5LMY and MO5LMY call signs celebrating the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympics in 2012.

 
If your call is amongst them, many thanks for sending the card. My special event QSL cards were sent to the bureau at the start of last year so hopefully you have received mine.

MV5LMY QSL Cards

I used the "V" prefix earlier this year which was issued to mark the centenary of the RSGB. My call sign was MV5LMY. The RSGB also designed a couple of special QSL designs, I ordered one of these and have now received my pack of cards ready to complete details and send:

This is the "Art Deco" design. I selected this design as it is very similar to my first QSL card when I was G8LMY back in 1977. This original card also had a red map of the country to the right of the card.

Now just need to write them all and send via the bureau.

New QSL Cards Received From The Bureau

An envelope arrived from the RSGB QSL bureau a couple of days ago with a new batch of cards for contacts over the last few years.

I really do like receiving paper QSL cards, just does not feel the same with the almost instant Internet alternatives. Even when a card is received several years after the original contact it brings back memories of the time I made that contact and what I was operating.

The following are scans of the latest batch of cards. If yours is amongst them, many thanks for sending the card. You should receive mine as I automatically send a QSL for all new contacts and new bands.

QSL Cards Received From The Bureau

I received a pack of QSL cards from the RSGB QSL bureau yesterday.

I much prefer receiving paper cards in the post, even though they can take many months, indeed years to arrive, rather than the electronic options that are available now. I suspect it is down to when I started as a Short Wave Listener in the early 1970's, years before the Internet. It was the excitement of receiving an envelope from some exotic location with a QSL card enclosed.

The following is a sample of the cards received. If yours is amongst them, many thanks. I had already sent cards off to all stations worked via the bureau so hopefully they will also be arriving with these stations.

New QSL Cards

I much prefer paper QSL cards to the electronic options that are available today. I suspect this goes back to when I was a short wave listener in the 1970's and the thrill of receiving a QSL card through the post from some exotic, far away country. These were the days prior to the Internet !

I have almost used up my last set of cards so decided to order a new batch a couple of weeks ago. I change the photo and design of the card each time I get a new set and always use a photo that I have taken. I received a parcel in the post this morning containing 1000 of my new cards. The following is the front of the card.

The photo is one of the Hovercraft used by Hovertravel between Southsea in Portsmouth and Ryde on the Isle of Wight. The photo was taken at Ryde showing the hovercraft starting back on the journey to Southsea.

I understand that this is the only scheduled passenger hovercraft service in Europe.