Friday, December 29, 2017

Last Paper QSL Card Standing for 2017

       Catching up for the Paper QSL cards received in the year 2017 is Masako San (JI8KXC) from JAPAN. 
    It comes with a very nice pop-up Christmas Card.
        
JI8KXC QSL Card mail arrived Dec 29, 2017
JI8KXC Masako San - JAPAN
QSO with JI8KXC Masako San is on CW Mode


JI8KXC Lovely Pop-up Christmas Card

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Last QSL Card Mail this 2017 - JK1GKG from JAPAN

     Today I mailed my last QSL card sending for the year 2017.
The QSO took place last November 27, 2016 on CW mode with Yoshio San JK1GKG of Japan. 
   Happy trip to my QSL mail !!!


JK1GKG QSL card mail

PALAU - Micronesia Area of OCEANIA

       What to expect of the QSL cards from Palau? Commonly designs/photos of its beautiful islands...
    However, DXer's from PALAU that I have worked with are not locals. They are mostly/usually Japanese (JAs) tourists who happened to enjoy exploring the islands and DXing (DXpedition) at the same time.

T88WM also JQ6FQI
T88RR also JA6UBY
T88UW also JH7IPR
T88AB also JR1UBR

    

QSL Cards from Down Under ...


      I have worked nine (9) CALL AREAS of AUSTRALIA (VK) and were confirmed electronically via the eQSL https://www.eqsl.cc
   Managed to have three (3) on Paper QSLs as of to date... 

DW3TRZ eQSL on 9 CALL AREAS of Australia (VK)
VK2PH
VK5SFA
VK4SWE

QSL Cards from the USA ...

    My QSL cards collection from the United States of America are mostly from the West coast or the Pacific coast.
    My Logbook of the World (LoTW) WAS (Worked All States) account shows that I have QSO confirmations on 18 states.

W7WA

K6HP

WE6DX
K7ACZ

W6AFA
W1YL/7
DW3TRZ LoTW Worked All States (WAS) account
                               


Monday, December 25, 2017

Joy To The World...

          A compilation of my Paper QSL Cards DX Collection via postal/direct as of December 2107 is made available on Youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoKGADcwIQg for easy access and quick viewing.
     As of to date, seventeen (17) countries/entities were collected with exchange of QSL cards and confirmations of QSO via the air mails (snail mail)
    Nowadays that most hams have their electronic logs, they are using a more convenient way of electronic confirmations or through The Logbook of the World (LoTW) by the ARRL are becoming popular. https://lotw.arrl.org
   QSOs on Seventy-four (74) entities/countries were confirmed via my LoTW account. 

DW3TRZ QSL Carlds Joy to the World
DW3TRZ LoTW DXCC Account
                

Sunday, December 24, 2017

JAPAN's TNX QSL Mails...

          "Final courtesy of a QSO is a QSL..."    
Posted are some(or most) of the TNX QSLs that I sent back to those JAs who PSE QSL. Still retrieving some images/photos from e-mails and old posts...
    



                                








Only Two (2) QSL cards received Via Post this January 2018...

  Guess everybody's busy with the just/recently finished Holiday Season !!! Only two (2) QSL cards were in the mailbox for the month of ...