Re: [Elecraft] QSL software for Macs
Phil, There is an Apple program called Pages that can be used to make QSL cards. It has two modes: Word Processing and Page Layout. Using the Page Layout, you can position photos and text however you want on a 4x6 or whatever size card. It is available at the App Store for $20. Oliver W6ODJ On 23 Jan. 2013, at 19:29 PM, Phil Shepard ph...@riousa.com wrote: Does anyone know of a nice software app for creating and printing QSL cards on Mac computers? Thank you. 73, Phil, NS7P __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] QSL software for Macs
I use DXlab software, which can print the card and/or the QSO labels (which I use) the envelopes and/or address labels. All within fusion. Or you can use bootcamp to run windows on the mac a 'kosher ham' Robert -Original Message- From: Bill Frantz fra...@pwpconsult.com Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:58:11 To: Phil Shepardph...@riousa.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QSL software for Macs On 2/23/13 at 7:29 PM, ph...@riousa.com (Phil Shepard) wrote: Does anyone know of a nice software app for creating and printing QSL cards on Mac computers? Thank you. RUMlog will print QSL information which can be formated for stick on labels which can be pasted onto QSL cards. When I make special QSLs for things like my trip east through Newfoundland and Labrador, I use Photoshop. I make a 3.5 x 5.5 inch image for each card which includes the details of the QSO. I then take them to the 1 hour photo printer and get 4 x 6 inch prints which I trim down for mailing. A bit of work, but well worth it for those who, like me, consider QSLs to be an art form. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV -- Bill Frantz| There are now so many exceptions to the 408-356-8506 | Fourth Amendment that it operates only by www.pwpconsult.com | accident. - William Hugh Murray __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] QSL software for Macs
On 02/23/2013 10:29 PM, Phil Shepard wrote: Does anyone know of a nice software app for creating and printing QSL cards on Mac computers? Thank you. 73, Phil, NS7P Hi Phil, If you have Libre Office, MS Office, or some similar suite with a drawing or Power Point-like program, you can whip up some nice looking QSLs fairly easily. I've designed mine with Libre Office (open-source, free, and available for OS X), and print out the cards on card stock I buy from Staples. With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts -- W1PNS http://www.w1pns.net Email: w1...@arrl.net | Skype: pspotts QCWA #34679 | SKCC #4853T | QRP-ARCI #4174 NEQRP #714 | NAQCC #2446 | GQRP #13202 Amateur radio is a contact sport. Get on the air and make a contact! -- Lyle Amundson, K0LFV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] QSL software for Macs
MacLoggerDX, which IMHO is far and away the best logging and rig control software available for the Mac OS X platform, generates QSL cards directly from the log entries. You link it to a picture, and it lets you select several design options (e.g. print is boack or reversed out (white), and cal sign at top or bottom. It's important, for it to work well,to provide a photo that has the same proportions as the card itself. Otherwise it will stretch the image to fit, and you end up looking like something from a funhouse mirror. It's also easy to create QSL cards using any modern word processor. As a Mac user, I prefer Pages to Micro$oft Word for manipulating graphics, but YMMV. The nice thing about MacLoggerDX is that you only have to type the QSO information once -- into the program's log -- and not a second time into a separate QSL card program. See you on the net in a few minutes. Lew N6LEW On Feb 23, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Phil Shepard ph...@riousa.com wrote: Does anyone know of a nice software app for creating and printing QSL cards on Mac computers? Thank you. 73, Phil, NS7P __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] QSL software for Macs
Does anyone know of a nice software app for creating and printing QSL cards on Mac computers? Thank you. 73, Phil, NS7P __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] QSL software for Macs
On 2/23/13 at 7:29 PM, ph...@riousa.com (Phil Shepard) wrote: Does anyone know of a nice software app for creating and printing QSL cards on Mac computers? Thank you. RUMlog will print QSL information which can be formated for stick on labels which can be pasted onto QSL cards. When I make special QSLs for things like my trip east through Newfoundland and Labrador, I use Photoshop. I make a 3.5 x 5.5 inch image for each card which includes the details of the QSO. I then take them to the 1 hour photo printer and get 4 x 6 inch prints which I trim down for mailing. A bit of work, but well worth it for those who, like me, consider QSLs to be an art form. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV -- Bill Frantz| There are now so many exceptions to the 408-356-8506 | Fourth Amendment that it operates only by www.pwpconsult.com | accident. - William Hugh Murray __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
