I had a wall full of QSL cards when I was a kiddo. I still remember all those contacts with foreign hams that ended with “QSL via the bureau!” Which, as TFA mentions, was this magical (to me) extra-postal service routing system that somehow managed to get QSLs internationally at super low cost. So much fun.
I haven’t really gotten back into ham stuff in ~30 years or so, but I sense the hobby is still alive, which is great. Every so often I’m tempted to buy a fancy SDR and see what the 2023 version of ham radio is like compared to the 1993 version…
I had a wall full of QSL cards when I was a kiddo. I still remember all those contacts with foreign hams that ended with “QSL via the bureau!” Which, as TFA mentions, was this magical (to me) extra-postal service routing system that somehow managed to get QSLs internationally at super low cost. So much fun.
I haven’t really gotten back into ham stuff in ~30 years or so, but I sense the hobby is still alive, which is great. Every so often I’m tempted to buy a fancy SDR and see what the 2023 version of ham radio is like compared to the 1993 version…