Jim Renfrew, Hollwy NY
I actually keep track of this stuff. Here are my QSL totals going back to
1982. You can see that in recent years I have slacked off a bit, and sent
for none in 2011. But the overal response total is just above 69%. From
time to time I have sent follow-ups, and thes
hey All, I think the coolest one I ever got was from "the voice of the
foothills" station out in cal.(kahu?) They were at 5kw night power and I was
the first dxer to give them a report. No card, but nice e-mail. First card was
for whr. Didn`t even remember sending in the report.(was in eng. scho
Nigel,
You did very well the last few years in the 70s & 80s in numbers.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
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Patrick's list made me curious as to how mine compared, and it's
interesting that I had the same peaks in 1998 and 2000.In my case
the numbers include some SW and FM stations, though the majority are MW.
1993 - 96
1994 - 91
1995 - 72
1996 - 44
1997 - 67
1998 - 109
1999 - 93
2000 - 134
200
Willis,
There are still stations that care about QSLing, but not near as many as
we used to have. The old style CE seems to be more of a rarity these
days. Of course back in the 60s & 70s, many of those engineers have
passed on. But on a positive note, out of the 6 QSLs I received in 2011,
half we
;t been to active in 20 years about going after a QSL. It seems as
though no one at the station cares, or believes I heard them.
73's
Willis, K4APE
OLD FORT, TN
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From: "Robbie j."
To:
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 1:47 PM
Subject: [IRCA] qsls by
Martin,
I went and got the list of the QSL totals.
1990-38
1991-34
1992-51
1993-89
1994-86
1995-92
1996-85
1997-70
1998-104
1999-82
2000-134
2001-79
2002-62
2003-54
2004-34
2005-30
2006-29
2007-40
2008-33
2009-11
2010-6
2011-6
They really started dropping in bou 2004, but of course I have not h
ren't
heard well. I still have a few that are easy to write to but most are
foreign language.
Martin Foltz
Mission Viejo CA
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:47:23 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Robbie j."
> To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com"
> Subject: [IRCA] qsls by year
Reminds me of the days when stations like WBZ, WABC, WNBC, WCBS, WSB,
etc were common here in Oregon. Ah, the good ol' days
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] qsls by year
>
> My best years for QSL'ing were when I was into the hobby at full throttle,
> from the spring/summer of 1988 and for about a decade after that. First QSL
> I ever got was from WOWO, for a sunset reception from
Jim,
Yes indeed, the non QSLer was rare. I remember KDAC Fort Bragg CA being
one of those. The owner did not like DXers for some reason. I heard them
in the late 60s and on occasion in the early to mid 70s when local KVAS
was off. I never could get a QSL out of them. No one could during the
era th
>>But, of course, since about the late 1990s, the rate of stations
replying to QSL requests has been rapidly declining. I sent out 7
letters in 2011, and only 1 (KBRF-1250) bothered to respond.
Streaming of audio has taken a lot of the novelty out of what was once
the most enjoyable aspect of DXi
, and
only 1 (KBRF-1250) bothered to respond. Streaming of audio has taken a lot of
the novelty out of what was once the most enjoyable aspect of DXing.
73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska
From: Robbie j.
To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com"
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 12:47 PM
Subject: [IRC
s and the non-QSLers were
the exception rather than the rule (cue audible sigh).
Jim Pogue
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From: "Patrick Martin"
To: "Robbie j." , "Mailing list for the
International Radio Club of America"
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 1:16
I did not keep track of the number of MW QSLs I received each year
before about 1990. But since then, 2000 was my best year with 134 QSLs.
To compare, I got only 6 QSLs in 2010, 11 in 2009. I haven't been at the
dials as much, and also logging new stations since I have DXed here on
the coast since
Hey All ,Was just looking at my QSL collection and wondering, What where your
best years for QSLing? That is, did you get more in any one year then in some
other? My best year to date(so far) was `09 with just under a dozen. Just a
thought. Good dx to all, Robbie in Wyoming (about 200 miles nort
On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:13:17 -0700, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW wrote
> Thanks to everyone who have shared their QSLs. They are great fun to
> view. I hope to see more of them posted. Just a reminder that I too have
> scans of many QSLs from my collection dating back to 1925 posted on
> my w
Patrick,
I like this! This is so cool!! Seeing everyone's QSLs. I will be
sending more to Craig as soon as I get a chance.
Maybe we can start a trend
Patrick
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Thanks to everyone who have shared their QSLs. They are great fun to
view. I hope to see more of them posted. Just a reminder that I too have
scans of many QSLs from my collection dating back to 1925 posted on my
web pages (see links below) for all to enjoy. Happy holidays and seasons
greetings to
Thanks. I have a zillion repots still out and two new ones in the past
month. The two, I am pretty sure on getting QSLs on them, so I that will
get me to 2999. I should be over 3,000 in the next couple of months.
73,
Patrick
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KGED QSL Manager
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Nope, not going to retire after my 3000th QSL. No way. I will probably
have the R8 buried with me, so I can continue to DX on the other side
hi. I have no clue on who number 3,000 will be eitheer.
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Glad to hear it my brother from another mother. Keep on truckin' man.
Too bad you already have
Patrick,
Nope, not going to retire after my 3000th QSL. No way. I will probably
have the R8 buried with me, so I can continue to DX on the other side
hi. I have no clue on who number 3,000 will be either. I have plenty of
reports out. I could have gone over 3,000 by now, if I would have worked
at
John,
Great going on your Radio Rhema QSLs. Glad to see Dudley is still
QSLing. Rhema/Southern Star have been good QSLers for years. They like
DXers and enjoy the reports.
In the 80s, the QSL count for TP/DU's really shot up. For a time of
several years, the dial was especially full of DUs a
Congratulations John! That one envelope was equal to a whole fist full
in itself. Rumor has it that Sir Patrick is going to retire at 3,000 and
sell his prized Drake receiver on e-bay! Another rumor is that Las Vegas
is taking bets on who will be QSL #3,000.
Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO
Westmins
On returning home after three weeks, I'd hoped for a whole fist full
of QSLs but only had one envelope from Dudley Scantlebury,
Technical Administrator of RBG, Rhema Broadcasting Group in
Auckland. It was a treasure trove. Mr. Scantlebury inclosed 3 QSL
cards Rhema 1251 in Auckland, an
Willis,
You are so right. So much radio history has been lost and not too many
seem to care about it today. Apparently someone cares about it as people
are paying $$$ for historic QSL's on ebay. They are ending up in
someone's collection.
Some stations have gone out of their way to find an old
This has been an issue for me for sometime. With nearly 3,000 MW QSLs,
there is really no ideal answer to the question. What we really need is
some joint QSL museum between the clubs.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager
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