Topband: Topband QSL Library
I know this is a bit out off the normal discussion topics on this reflector, but I need a bit of assistance here. Some of you may remember the Azimuth booth at Dayton a number of year back where they were selling a number of amateur radio related items including the Azimuth Awards QSL Library which was a small 3 ring binder that contained plastic pages for displaying your QSL cards. I want to make a display library for my 160 QSL cards and am looking for the inserts to put the cards in. Each insert page can hold up to 6 cards (displayed on the front and back of the page). I need somewhere around 50 of them to cover the cards I have now and for future cards that I obtain. If anyone has some of these that they would like to part with please let me know off list. Thanks and 73..de Goose, W8AV ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library
On 2012-01-10, at 7:14 AM, w...@aol.com wrote: Some of you may remember the Azimuth booth at Dayton a number of year back where they were selling a number of amateur radio related items including the Azimuth Awards QSL Library which was a small 3 ring binder that contained plastic pages for displaying your QSL cards. I want to make a display library for my 160 QSL cards and am looking for the inserts to put the cards in. Each insert page can hold up to 6 cards (displayed on the front and back of the page). I need somewhere around 50 of them to cover the cards I have now and for future cards that I obtain. Hi Goose, If you get stuck finding those, or any reasonable facsimile thereof, try a three ring binder photo album, i.e. the type with the clear plastic static cling fold-over sheets to retain prints... They're just as good at holding QSLs as they are photographs. Look for them at Wal-Mart, or any photo shop. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library
Most office supply stores have these. Make sure they are mylar archival quality, otherwise you may wind up with PVC and that will ruin your cards over time. Hobby stores and I suspect even WalMart should also have them. Postcard collectors, and they are called Postcard Page Protectors, use them, so a hobby and bigger antique mall may also carry them. Amazon and ebay are other sources Postcard sleeves are another option. The only potential heartbreak is the oddball sized card, which may be the best card. They do make 2 and 4 pocket pages... Yeah, I collect postcards... hihi 73, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://k4tcg.org/ http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3/100 # --- On Tue, 1/10/12, Eddy Swynar deswy...@xplornet.ca wrote: From: Eddy Swynar deswy...@xplornet.ca Subject: Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library To: w...@aol.com Cc: topband@contesting.com Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7:30 AM On 2012-01-10, at 7:14 AM, w...@aol.com wrote: Some of you may remember the Azimuth booth at Dayton a number of year back where they were selling a number of amateur radio related items including the Azimuth Awards QSL Library which was a small 3 ring binder that contained plastic pages for displaying your QSL cards. I want to make a display library for my 160 QSL cards and am looking for the inserts to put the cards in. Each insert page can hold up to 6 cards (displayed on the front and back of the page). I need somewhere around 50 of them to cover the cards I have now and for future cards that I obtain. Hi Goose, If you get stuck finding those, or any reasonable facsimile thereof, try a three ring binder photo album, i.e. the type with the clear plastic static cling fold-over sheets to retain prints... They're just as good at holding QSLs as they are photographs. Look for them at Wal-Mart, or any photo shop. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library
Be careful as some foreign QSL's are bigger than normal and won't fit into the standard jackets. And if collect old QSL's most are larger. I use William J. Plumm who also sells DX qsl supplies but doesn't do it via www. Query him on eHam. Sent from my iPad On Jan 10, 2012, at 7:41, Julius Fazekas phriend...@yahoo.com wrote: Most office supply stores have these. Make sure they are mylar archival quality, otherwise you may wind up with PVC and that will ruin your cards over time. Hobby stores and I suspect even WalMart should also have them. Postcard collectors, and they are called Postcard Page Protectors, use them, so a hobby and bigger antique mall may also carry them. Amazon and ebay are other sources Postcard sleeves are another option. The only potential heartbreak is the oddball sized card, which may be the best card. They do make 2 and 4 pocket pages... Yeah, I collect postcards... hihi 73, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://k4tcg.org/ http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3/100 # --- On Tue, 1/10/12, Eddy Swynar deswy...@xplornet.ca wrote: From: Eddy Swynar deswy...@xplornet.ca Subject: Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library To: w...@aol.com Cc: topband@contesting.com Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7:30 AM On 2012-01-10, at 7:14 AM, w...@aol.com wrote: Some of you may remember the Azimuth booth at Dayton a number of year back where they were selling a number of amateur radio related items including the Azimuth Awards QSL Library which was a small 3 ring binder that contained plastic pages for displaying your QSL cards. I want to make a display library for my 160 QSL cards and am looking for the inserts to put the cards in. Each insert page can hold up to 6 cards (displayed on the front and back of the page). I need somewhere around 50 of them to cover the cards I have now and for future cards that I obtain. Hi Goose, If you get stuck finding those, or any reasonable facsimile thereof, try a three ring binder photo album, i.e. the type with the clear plastic static cling fold-over sheets to retain prints... They're just as good at holding QSLs as they are photographs. Look for them at Wal-Mart, or any photo shop. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library
Another method of displaying them is scanning and putting into a digital picture frame... Someone brought one in to our DX club meeting, and it was a real hit. -Brian N9ADG ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library
I'm sure that most readers can expect technical advice and guidance about the TOP band DXing. No discussion of futility, which solves the same each according to his possibilities. Sorry for the negative contribution. Say it is coughing KU9C on ham radio qsl and probably throw into the garbage, so do not qsl from the library. See you at TB Slavek OK1TN ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Topband: Preventing QRM
Good Morning: I have a very modest 160m station. Since I cannot hear as well as most of you, I run the risk of calling CQ on what appears to be a clear frequency and QRMing a DX station calling CQ or disrupting an ongoing QSO. Any suggestions on how to prevent? To minimize any potential issues, I usually select a splinter frequency (i.e., 1820.5, 1823.5, etc), send QRL?, and listen for a while. 73 Brian, KD6NRP ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Top band: Preventing QRM
Good Morning: I have a very modest 160m station. Since I cannot hear as well as most of you, I run the risk of calling CQ on what appears to be a clear frequency and QRMing a DX station calling CQ or disrupting an ongoing QSO. Any suggestions on how to prevent? To minimize any potential issues, I usually select a splinter frequency (i.e., 1820.5, 1823.5, etc), send QRL?, and listen for a while. 73 Brian, KD6NRP ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK Brian, First listen, then check the packet spots to see if the coast is clear, then call QRL? several times and listen for an R, etc., and then fire away. We are all friends on Top band and someone will politely ask you to QSY if necessary. 73 and welcome to 160! Bob/AA6VB ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Preventing QRM
Brian, Join the Low Band Chat at ON4KST where you can get a good real time notification who is using which freqency for skeds or weak signal work. You can also let everyone know where you are as you may require to grab some signal reports. Herb, KV4FZ Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: kd6...@earthlink.net Sender: topband-boun...@contesting.com Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:43:34 -0800 (GMT-08:00) To: topband@contesting.com Reply-To: kd6...@earthlink.net Subject: Topband: Preventing QRM Good Morning: I have a very modest 160m station. Since I cannot hear as well as most of you, I run the risk of calling CQ on what appears to be a clear frequency and QRMing a DX station calling CQ or disrupting an ongoing QSO. Any suggestions on how to prevent? To minimize any potential issues, I usually select a splinter frequency (i.e., 1820.5, 1823.5, etc), send QRL?, and listen for a while. 73 Brian, KD6NRP ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library
I like this one! Now I know what to put in that Christmas present!! tnx Mike On Jan 10, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Brian Moran bria...@yahoo.com wrote: Another method of displaying them is scanning and putting into a digital picture frame... Someone brought one in to our DX club meeting, and it was a real hit. -Brian N9ADG ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Preventing QRM
On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 14:42 -0500, Eddy Swynar wrote: On 2012-01-10, at 1:43 PM, kd6...@earthlink.net wrote: I run the risk of calling CQ on what appears to be a clear frequency and QRMing a DX station calling CQ or disrupting an ongoing QSO. Any suggestions on how to prevent? Hi Brian, Simply follow accepted protocol, i.e.: ---LISTEN on about your frequency of choice for a minute, or two, for any signs of activity; ---Send QRL? once, listen, then send QRL? again, listen once more, and finally, ---If you hear nothing back---like R, QRL, QSY, DX HR, or U LID(!), then it's a safe bet to go ahead make a a short initial CQ, say, a 3x3 call. If you get no responses from anyone, anywhere, go ahead make a 3x3 call, twice if you feel it's necessary... If anyone gets on the frequency after you've gone through this process they chastise you, shame on them...and it does happen legitimately on occasion, too, as guys get all fired-up distracted by the possibility of working some DX station somewhere, via split mode right on top of you! But it's all part of the game...welcome to Topband! ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK Hi, Everybody knows what QRM, QRN, QSB mean...those are NOT obscure Q signals. That's because they are with us ALL the time. We do the best we can to accommodate everybody else and fit ouir signals into the space available. Sometimes there are collisions. We adjust and keep going. 73, Bill KU8H ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library
On 1/10/2012 9:18 AM, Brian Moran wrote: Another method of displaying them is scanning and putting into a digital picture frame... Someone brought one in to our DX club meeting, and it was a real hit. -Brian N9ADG Just curious: How many medium quality QSL card scans will a typical digital picture frame support? I am in the process of making a display of QSLs from some 330 DXCC entities (not mine, unfortunately) and the digital picture frame would be a neat adjunct to the display! Thanks, -- Jack, W6NF Silver Springs, NV DM09ji ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library
Most digital picture frames depend on something like a USB Flash Card for their input. A 4Gb Flash Card costing about $8 will hold THOUSANDS of high-res scanned QSL cards. A great idea I never thought of before. Thanks! Chuck KØTVD www.dxham.net Just curious: How many medium quality QSL card scans will a typical digital picture frame support? I am in the process of making a display of QSLs from some 330 DXCC entities (not mine, unfortunately) and the digital picture frame would be a neat adjunct to the display! Thanks, ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Top band: Preventing QRM
HAMSPOTS.net you need the s On Jan 10, 2012, at 11:05 PM, Steven Raas wrote: Bob, I am in the same situation.. I use many toos available free..a few of them are #1) Dx cluster I leave it unfiltered ( with the exception of band ) so I see all spots. #2) Hamspot.net you can really get a feel for who is on here, as it gets the reports from the skimmers. #3) Listen alot ( already been mentioned ).. When running other modes I use the RB network, PSK reporter, http://jt65.w6cqz.org/receptions.php (for JT65) in addition to the others.. It can be a tad of info overload..but when im trying to work into an area I cant hear @ the moment the LAST thing I wanna do, as you mentioned before is CQ on a QRG in use. Enjoy! Steve Raas N2JDQ On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Chortek, Robert L robert.chor...@berliner.com wrote: Good Morning: I have a very modest 160m station. Since I cannot hear as well as most of you, I run the risk of calling CQ on what appears to be a clear frequency and QRMing a DX station calling CQ or disrupting an ongoing QSO. Any suggestions on how to prevent? To minimize any potential issues, I usually select a splinter frequency (i.e., 1820.5, 1823.5, etc), send QRL?, and listen for a while. 73 Brian, KD6NRP ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK Brian, First listen, then check the packet spots to see if the coast is clear, then call QRL? several times and listen for an R, etc., and then fire away. We are all friends on Top band and someone will politely ask you to QSY if necessary. 73 and welcome to 160! Bob/AA6VB ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Top band: Preventing QRM
This is impressive. Another gentleman on the Gentleman's Band. :-) If everyone was as courteous as this, the bands would be much better than they are. Anyway, you may not have room for a long Beverage or large phased receiving array, but maybe some of us here can figure out a way of helping you hear a little better with some sort of separate receiving antenna. Can you describe your property? I tried to look up the satellite view of your place on qrz.com, but it's hard to tell which is your property. How much room do you have, etc.? 73, Mike www.w0btu.com ... Since I cannot hear as well as most of you, I run the risk of calling CQ on what appears to be a clear frequency and QRMing a DX station calling CQ or disrupting an ongoing QSO. Any suggestions on how to prevent? ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
