| Vintage QSL Cards | ||
07/18/07 |
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I've recently started collecting vintage QSL cards from
the 1920's and 1930's. They are incredibly interesting to look at for
the information they contain about ham radio at that time. Since everything was
home made, the hams usually listed the tubes used in their transmitter, the
type of transmitter like TNT, TGTP, MOPA, or Hartley, and the plate voltage
and plate current, so we can figure out the efficiency and the output power
they might have been running. On the receiver side, they usually
specified the receiver tube lineup in detail so I can tell if they had a
tuned front end, a detector, how many stages of audio, if it was a TRF or
regenerative, so we can figure out what level of performance they may
have been getting from the receiver. I also enjoy looking at the date
and time of the contact, if it was morning or night or really late at night,
the band, and the conditions. The notes are fun to read also. I
would like to get a few more cards. Let me know if you have some
vintage QSL cards to
sell, share, or donate. I promise to take good care of them. 73, Scott WA9WFA Click on the thumbnail photos to get a full size QSL photo
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