From past experience, I would really suggest printing the information
directly on the QSL cards. The labels can be a real pain and take more
time to peel and stick than you would think. Other problems are cost of
labels, added bulk of labels on cards, etc. I would suggest a laser
printer. Many printers do not easily handle QSL cards. An used HP LJ5
can inexpensively fill the bill. Many of the user of the LJ-5 sold at
bargain prices or gave them away because they all started dragging
multiple sheets of paper through at one time. The good news is that is
easily and quickly remedied with a free repair kit available on HP's
website (they even pay postage.)
As for the addresses I would suggest importing the contesting logs into
a full featured logging program that can allow you to design custom
reports, do mass lookups of addresses from callbook CD-ROM, etc. I have
used PDA's LOGic ( http://www.hosenose.com/radio/default.asp ) for many
years to accomplish this (there are others out there, but this is the
one I have had experience with.)
wx3m@comcast.net wrote:
>I have bee a ham for over 12 years, and have been contesting (on and off)
>for most of that time. I have also been casually chasing DX. I have only
>kept a semi-accurate, semi-inclusive "log" and have never sent a QSL card in
>my life. (long story)
>
>I have turned over a new leaf and would like to QSL some (many, actually,
>but not all) of my contacts, including a couple of particular contests. (I
>am going through a paper-chasing phase, I think, and I like the idea,
>conceptually, and am resistant to just "let it go" without trying it.)
>
>If I order cards, and print labels, and stick them and sort them (though
>they print already mostly sorted), DX cards can be bundled and shipped to
>the outgoing buro real easy. However, here is my dilemma: How can I address
>domestic cards for domestic contests to be mailed as postcards in an
>automated way? What I mean is this: I can print the QSO labels from NA real
>easy, then stick them on cards. The hard part is addressing them. Is there a
>program/utility that will generate the address labels? For instance, if I
>"upload" my callsign list from a contest, will it look up each call and take
>the US address info and put it on a label and then print it and then look up
>the next call, and so forth?
>
>What I am trying to avoid is having to manually look up each address for,
>say, an NAQP log with 800 QSOs in it, or a Sweepstakes log with 1500 QSOs in
>it.
>
>I know this looks like QSL-card "spamming" on the surface, but I am not
>really envisioning/intending for it to be that (please put down your
>flogging devices...).
>
>Help? Advice?
>
>Feel free to respond directly...
>
>Thanks,
>Don
>WX3M
>
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