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boat.anchor@...
On the subject of QSL cards I promised a couple weeks ago to supply a summary of my card activity for my 2 special event callsigns for 1st six months this year. I do ask for SASE or couple green stamps to help with printing and postage. CF7GEM Callsign cost $0.00 card printing 150 cards $65..00 contacts - 898 to end of June QSL card requests - 6 or 0.668% of contacts want the card VB7150 Callsign cost $67.00 card printing 150 cards $65..00 contacts - 2382 to end of June QSL card requests - 23 or 0.965% want the card I had initially ordered what I anticipated to be a one month supply of cards and it looks like I have more than enough for the whole year. I will let you draw your own conclusions. If you need any more info please ask. Barry
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Geez Barry ! $65 for 150 cards ??? That isn't cheap. I went to UX5UO Print in Ukraine and got 1000 for almost the same price. Nice cards, one sided, 2 colour and the shipping was included. Took about 2 weeks from Ukraine. He did nice job, too , and put a stock logo on, too ! Jerry N9AVY
From: "boat.anchor@... [070]" <070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:58 PM Subject: [070] QSL Cards On the subject of QSL cards I promised a couple weeks ago to supply a summary of my card activity for my 2 special event callsigns for 1st six months this year. I do ask for SASE or couple green stamps to help with printing and postage. CF7GEM Callsign cost $0.00 card printing 150 cards $65..00 contacts - 898 to end of June QSL card requests - 6 or 0.668% of contacts want the card VB7150 Callsign cost $67.00 card printing 150 cards $65..00 contacts - 2382 to end of June QSL card requests - 23 or 0.965% want the card I had initially ordered what I anticipated to be a one month supply of cards and it looks like I have more than enough for the whole year. I will let you draw your own conclusions. If you need any more info please ask. Barry
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Ray Clements
With any printing, the expensive part is the setup. Once you cover the setup cost, the cost of printing additional copies is quite small. Thus, these is very little difference in the cost of printing 1000 vs 100 copies.
Ray N9RWC
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Received: 04:44 PM CDT, 07/06/2017 From: "Jerry n9avy@... [070]" <070@...> To: "070@..." <070@...> Subject: Re: [070] QSL Cards
Geez Barry ! $65 for 150 cards ??? That isn't cheap. I went to UX5UO Print in Ukraine and got 1000 for almost the same price. Nice cards, one sided, 2 colour and the shipping was included. Took about 2 weeks from Ukraine. He did nice job, too , and put a stock logo on, too !
Jerry N9AVY
From: "boat.anchor@... [070]" <070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:58 PM Subject: [070] QSL Cards On the subject of QSL cards I promised a couple weeks ago to supply a summary of my card activity for my 2 special event callsigns for 1st six months this year. I do ask for SASE or couple green stamps to help with printing and postage.
CF7GEM
Callsign cost $0.00
card printing 150 cards $65..00
contacts - 898 to end of June
QSL card requests - 6 or 0.668% of contacts want the card
VB7150
Callsign cost $67.00
card printing 150 cards $65..00
contacts - 2382 to end of June
QSL card requests - 23 or 0.965% want the card
I had initially ordered what I anticipated to be a one month supply of cards and it looks like I have more than enough for the whole year.
I will let you draw your own conclusions.
If you need any more info please ask.
Barry
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Ray: True, but Garry mentioned making over 800 Q's and he'd be better off paying for a lot of cards at one time rather than reordering. The difference between 100 & 1000 cards is a couple extra minutes of run time. What I was tring to say is that UX5UO was cheaper than his counterparts else where , including the USA. They were a bargain. A copy of my card is on my QRZ page. With vast experience in QSLs (manager for 2 DX stations) anything more than a one-sided QSL cards is a waste of money... I'm still getting cards with call sign on one side and the rest of info on the other side. If I get cards where there is no indication of "QSL TNX' or "QSL PSE" they get filed because I don't know what the station wants. I plainly announced that on my QRZ page. One of my pet peeves. Jerry n9avy
From: "'Ray Clements' r.clements@... [070]" <070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [070] QSL Cards
With any printing, the expensive part is the setup. Once you cover the setup cost, the cost of printing additional copies is quite small. Thus, these is very little difference in the cost of printing 1000 vs 100 copies.
Ray N9RWC ------ Original Message ------
Received: 04:44 PM CDT, 07/06/2017 From: "Jerry n9avy@... [070]" <070@...> To: "070@..." <070@...> Subject: Re: [070] QSL Cards Geez Barry ! $65 for 150 cards ??? That isn't cheap. I went to UX5UO Print in Ukraine and got 1000 for almost the same price. Nice cards, one sided, 2 colour and the shipping was included. Took about 2 weeks from Ukraine. He did nice job, too , and put a stock logo on, too !
Jerry N9AVY
From: "boat.anchor@... [070]" <070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:58 PM Subject: [070] QSL Cards On the subject of QSL cards I promised a couple weeks ago to supply a summary of my card activity for my 2 special event callsigns for 1st six months this year. I do ask for SASE or couple green stamps to help with printing and postage.
CF7GEM
Callsign cost $0.00
card printing 150 cards $65..00
contacts - 898 to end of June
QSL card requests - 6 or 0.668% of contacts want the card
VB7150
Callsign cost $67.00
card printing 150 cards $65..00
contacts - 2382 to end of June
QSL card requests - 23 or 0.965% want the card
I had initially ordered what I anticipated to be a one month supply of cards and it looks like I have more than enough for the whole year.
I will let you draw your own conclusions.
If you need any more info please ask.
Barry
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boat.anchor@...
Jerry
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I purposely neglected to describe the cards but seeing as you wish to compare mine are matte photo on the front (full colour) and black print on the back. Barry ---In 070@..., <n9avy@...> wrote : Geez Barry ! $65 for 150 cards ??? That isn't cheap. I went to UX5UO Print in Ukraine and got 1000 for almost the same price. Nice cards, one sided, 2 colour and the shipping was included. Took about 2 weeks from Ukraine. He did nice job, too , and put a stock logo on, too ! Jerry N9AVY
From: "boat.anchor@... [070]" <070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:58 PM Subject: [070] QSL Cards On the subject of QSL cards I promised a couple weeks ago to supply a summary of my card activity for my 2 special event callsigns for 1st six months this year. I do ask for SASE or couple green stamps to help with printing and postage. CF7GEM Callsign cost $0.00 card printing 150 cards $65..00 contacts - 898 to end of June QSL card requests - 6 or 0.668% of contacts want the card VB7150 Callsign cost $67.00 card printing 150 cards $65..00 contacts - 2382 to end of June QSL card requests - 23 or 0.965% want the card I had initially ordered what I anticipated to be a one month supply of cards and it looks like I have more than enough for the whole year. I will let you draw your own conclusions. If you need any more info please ask. Barry
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Problem is most hams toss nice cards in a box and forget about them. Seems like a waste, doesn't it ? BTW, read back over my email ... Sorry I called you Garry ... stupid typo. Garry is in Vancouver somewhere... used to be in Pt. Alberni. Jerry n9avy
From: "boat.anchor@... [070]" <070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [070] QSL Cards Jerry I purposely neglected to describe the cards but seeing as you wish to compare mine are matte photo on the front (full colour) and black print on the back. Barry ---In 070@..., wrote : Geez Barry ! $65 for 150 cards ??? That isn't cheap. I went to UX5UO Print in Ukraine and got 1000 for almost the same price. Nice cards, one sided, 2 colour and the shipping was included. Took about 2 weeks from Ukraine. He did nice job, too , and put a stock logo on, too ! Jerry N9AVY From: "boat.anchor@... [070]" <070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:58 PM Subject: [070] QSL Cards On the subject of QSL cards I promised a couple weeks ago to supply a summary of my card activity for my 2 special event callsigns for 1st six months this year. I do ask for SASE or couple green stamps to help with printing and postage. CF7GEM Callsign cost $0.00 card printing 150 cards $65..00 contacts - 898 to end of June QSL card requests - 6 or 0.668% of contacts want the card VB7150 Callsign cost $67.00 card printing 150 cards $65..00 contacts - 2382 to end of June QSL card requests - 23 or 0.965% want the card I had initially ordered what I anticipated to be a one month supply of cards and it looks like I have more than enough for the whole year. I will let you draw your own conclusions. If you need any more info please ask. Barry
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k9wis@...
I was thinking that very thing when I tossed a bunch of cards in my box the other day...looked at them once and who ever cleans my shack when I become a silent key will just toss them in the trash without a second thought..same with all those awards that are stuck in a folder
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I found a book at the bookstore a while back where a hams's son took all his dad's qsls and made a memoir of his dad's ham activities using the cards as story points..its titled "Hello World!, a life of ham radio"..a very interesting and nostalgic read.. Brian K9WIS ---- "Jerry n9avy@sbcglobal.net [070]" <070@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Problem is most hams toss nice cards in a box and forget about them. Seems like a waste, doesn't it ? BTW, read back over my email ... Sorry I called you Garry ... stupid typo. Garry is in Vancouver somewhere... used to be in Pt. Alberni. Jerry n9avy
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ljl2002@att.net
Barry, I saw your sig over here in CT last evening but you faded before I got my chance. I would definitely take the card if we QSO because of the unusual callsign. I'll keep looking for ya. I have until the end of the year so who knows? So far I've collected five special Canadian calls and always looking for more. 73 Joe KA1PPV #1482
On Thursday, July 6, 2017 9:01 PM, "k9wis@... [070]" <070@...> wrote: I was thinking that very thing when I tossed a bunch of cards in my box the other day...looked at them once and who ever cleans my shack when I become a silent key will just toss them in the trash without a second thought..same with all those awards that are stuck in a folder
I found a book at the bookstore a while back where a hams's son took all his dad's qsls and made a memoir of his dad's ham activities using the cards as story points..its titled "Hello World!, a life of ham radio"..a very interesting and nostalgic read.. Brian K9WIS ---- "Jerry n9avy@... [070]" <070@...> wrote: > Problem is most hams toss nice cards in a box and forget about them. Seems like a waste, doesn't it ? BTW, read back over my email ... Sorry I called you Garry ... stupid typo. Garry is in Vancouver somewhere... used to be in Pt. Alberni. Jerry n9avy > > From: "boat.anchor@... [070]" <070@...> > To: 070@... > Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 5:55 PM > Subject: Re: [070] QSL Cards > > JerryI purposely neglected to describe the cards but seeing as you wish to compare mine are matte photo on the front (full colour) and black print on the back.Barry > > > ---In 070@..., wrote : > > Geez Barry ! $65 for 150 cards ??? That isn't cheap. I went to UX5UO Print in Ukraine and got 1000 for almost the same price. Nice cards, one sided, 2 colour and the shipping was included. Took about 2 weeks from Ukraine. He did nice job, too , and put a stock logo on, too ! Jerry N9AVY > > From: "boat.anchor@... [070]" <070@...> > To: 070@... > Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:58 PM > Subject: [070] QSL Cards > > On the subject of QSL cards I promised a couple weeks ago to supply a summary of my card activity for my 2 special event callsigns for 1st six months this year. I do ask for SASE or couple green stamps to help with printing and postage. > CF7GEMCallsign cost $0.00card printing 150 cards $65..00contacts - 898 to end of JuneQSL card requests - 6 or 0.668% of contacts want the card > VB7150Callsign cost $67.00card printing 150 cards $65..00contacts - 2382 to end of JuneQSL card requests - 23 or 0.965% want the card > I had initially ordered what I anticipated to be a one month supply of cards and it looks like I have more than enough for the whole year. I will let you draw your own conclusions. 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boat.anchor@...
Joe
With the rate of interested participants I expect to be able to supply you with a shoebox full of virgin cards at year end. Barry ---In 070@..., <joe_molon@...> wrote : Barry, I saw your sig over here in CT last evening but you faded before I got my chance. I would definitely take the card if we QSO because of the unusual callsign. I'll keep looking for ya. I have until the end of the year so who knows? So far I've collected five special Canadian calls and always looking for more. 73 Joe KA1PPV #1482
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ljl2002@att.net
Barry, Excellent. Hopefully the prop will shift a bit going into autumn and maybe we'll get a chance or two. I'll be looking for that call. 73 Joe KA1PPV #1482
On Sunday, July 9, 2017 9:29 AM, "boat.anchor@... [070]" <070@...> wrote: Joe With the rate of interested participants I expect to be able to supply you with a shoebox full of virgin cards at year end. Barry ---In 070@..., wrote : Barry, I saw your sig over here in CT last evening but you faded before I got my chance. I would definitely take the card if we QSO because of the unusual callsign. I'll keep looking for ya. I have until the end of the year so who knows? So far I've collected five special Canadian calls and always looking for more. 73 Joe KA1PPV #1482
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