I received some interesting QSL cards this week.  I made my first contact with Norway so I sent out a card and got one back pretty quick.  He even included a letter explaining how postal costs have gone up but since it was my first LA contact he’d cover it and sent back my green stamps.  Also got cards from Liechtenstein and Ascension Island which seem like pretty rare places so I sent out for a card.

This is the most cards I’ve received at one time.  5 are from the Rookie Roundup and the Canary Islands one is a reply to one I sent out.

I received the QSL certificate from W0JH. They noted that they had their pre-meeting breakfast at the same restaurant I ate at in Stillwater when I was there two days before the QSO. Small world.

I received my first 2 responses to the QSL cards I sent out. I printed out 20 cards myself just to see if I’d get some back. I’ve sent out about 7 so far and these are the first two I got back. I bought a page of international stamps for 10 @ $1.15 each and I send out $2 with my card for return postage. The one from Australia is a picture of a local surfer wearing a watch that the VK2DX made, he’s a watchmaker. I contacted him on 12m FT8. My method so far has been to send cards to DX SSB contacts or special event US…