If you are operating away from home and want to send out QSL cards, is it acceptable to use your "home" card and note corrections to the location? Can I just put "portable FM17" in the notes field? Should I strike through my home grid?
73
AJ4MJ/P FM25 (15 May - 17 May 2009) AJ4MJ/P FM07 (30 May - 1 June 2009) AJ4MJ FM05 (otherwise)
Yes to all of the above. My cards have a portable/mobile entry field as well. Alternatively, Martha still has AO-7 QSLs that are very inexpensive, and work well for confirming QSOs away from home, or using as reply QSLs for the station you worked to sign and return.
On a related note...if you work a portable/mobile station, be sure to note the grid they were in on the card. Some of us keep less than perfect logs ;-)
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Pinnix" justin@fuzzythinking.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:13 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable QSLs
If you are operating away from home and want to send out QSL cards, is it acceptable to use your "home" card and note corrections to the location? Can I just put "portable FM17" in the notes field? Should I strike through my home grid?
73
AJ4MJ/P FM25 (15 May - 17 May 2009) AJ4MJ/P FM07 (30 May - 1 June 2009) AJ4MJ FM05 (otherwise) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Justin,
I have never heard of one of my cards being rejected, and I have helped many to VUCC by operating portable.
Strike out your home grid, then add portable from Grid, county and state. You should be good to go with that and you will make the card checker happy.
On LOTW I have gotten a new certificate and attached the grid, county and state information to the certificate for those QSOs. Let's just hope the League gets around to accepting LOTW for VUCC some day as they have implied they would.
73, Joe kk0sd
P.S. I am taking grid requests for a summer trip to my south EN01? EN02? EN03? EN23? Something else?
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Justin Pinnix Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:13 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable QSLs
If you are operating away from home and want to send out QSL cards, is it acceptable to use your "home" card and note corrections to the location? Can I just put "portable FM17" in the notes field? Should I strike through my home grid?
73
AJ4MJ/P FM25 (15 May - 17 May 2009) AJ4MJ/P FM07 (30 May - 1 June 2009) AJ4MJ FM05 (otherwise) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Justin Pinnix