QSL Cards are a formal confirmation of a contact with another station and at that level you can take them or leave them. I will always send a QSL card when asked for one, ideally via the RSGB Bureau or direct via email. I tend to save my QSL card requests for those times when a contact was in some way more memorable - a personal DX milestone or a particularly enjoyable chat with a new friend.

Often QSL cards give an insight into the person themselves, like S51GL's interests underwater or EI5JE's interests up in the air! Special event cards usually say something about the event that the station is commemorating. The first QSL card I received was back in January 1978 when the Cornish Amateur Radio Club ran a special station GB3MSA to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Marconi's first two-way contact between the USA and Europe...

The cards below commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day and are particularly interesting to me as they represent 2 contacts made on 80 and 160m with the same station within a few hours of each other. The 160m QSO was my furthest yet on 160m under a M3 callsign...

Last updated: 4th March 2007