WA1LOU’s QSL Cards
Inspired by my September 29, 2006, Surfin’ column, this page displays the QSL cards I have used during my ham radio days. (Click on an image to see it larger.)
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My first QSL card when I was a Novice. Back then, the N designation in the prefix of the call sign indicated your Novice status. I remember the day my license arrived in the mail. I was so pleased that the suffix of my call sign spelled something (LOU). That “something” sort of became my name; today more hams call me “Lou” than “Stan.” |
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My first QSL card after I upgraded from Novice to Technician Class. I designed the card myself using my rendition of Robert Crumb’s radio geek, which originally appeared in an early issue of Zap Comix (I think). I was raised on comic books. My Pop was a printer at Eastern Color Printing Company, where the comic book was invented, and every night after work, he brought home his handiwork, i.e., a handful of comic books and funny papers for my sister and I to read. Early on, I started drawing my own comic books and comic strips and hoped to be a comic artist some day. |
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To celebrate the USA’s bicentennial in 1976, the FCC allowed us to use special bicentennial prefixes. |
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My first ARRL “headquarters gang” QSL card after I started working at ARRL headquarters in 1978. |
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My ARRL “headquarters gang” QSL card with my first Downtown Wolcott address. |
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My ARRL “headquarters gang” QSL card with my current address atop Compounce Mountain at 954 feet ASL. |