I have a Collection of Old (US and Canadian) Ham Radio QSL Cards dating from the early 1920s.
A complete list of Old QSL Cards now totaling nearly 43 THOUSAND can be accessed by clicking on the Master File Link below. Over 22 Hundred Online Scans of Old QSL Cards are also available by clicking on the required Scan Link.
Improvements and updates will continue to be made, as the Collection grows and I learn more about this WEB PAGE DESIGN "stuff", so check back often.
Old QSL Cards are an important part of Ham Radio History that need to be preserved. It is my goal to save as many of these Old QSL Cards as possible to keep them from ending up in the Land Fills of America.
Please help me with this important project. I appreciate all donations including Old QSL Cards (1920s - 1980s), and Old Radio Amateur Call Books especially from old Silent Key Estates. Send me that shoe box full of Old QSL Cards that you've been wanting to get rid of.
If you are looking for an old HAM friend (Elmer), relative, or just searching for a card from the former holder of your new "Vanity Call", check my database then email your request (by CALL SIGN). I will make scanned copies of any QSL Cards I have, and make them available to you. I have hundreds of Novice Old QSL Cards listed as well.
I can also Search old Radio Amateur Call Books from years 1933, 37, 39, 40, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 62, 65, 69, 71, 73, 75 and 78 for old call sign information.
HELP ME PRESERVE AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL ARTIFACT OF HAM RADIO HISTORY.
" If you turn on an old dusty tube type receiver, listen very carefully using an old pair of headphones and tune the receiver ever so slowly, you can still hear their faint signals off in the distance ..... "
BOB GREEN
W8JYZ
P.O. Box 306
Horse Shoe, NC, 28742
www.oldqslcards.com
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A "Special Thanks" to the following who have made donations to assist me in the development of this website:
N4XO - Dave Rawley
W8WWV - Greg Ordy
WDX9KHY (SWL) - Greg Harris
HE9ZKU - Greg Vaucher Switzerland.EU
W5GXV - Gene Von Dohlen
W3HF - Steve Melachrinos
K7SO - Doc Khalsa
WA4TOG - Danny Mellard
W4FLW - Harry Chandler
W4HFO - C.P. Hurk Chandler
K4KOA - Bill Olendorf
K3FEN - Taylor Bell
W6KBT - Keith Johnston
WB8UUJ - Tom Root
K8KSN - Jim Foote
W4BSB - Jay James
K1LKP - Carmen Drogo
W1OHM - Bill Ohm
W8CXO - Bill Fleckenstein
KZ1X - Steve Jackson
K4DRX - Roy Plunkett
K9KFR - Bob Johnson
N0VLF - Rick McMorran
KP4CW - Efrain Bonilla
W2VRK - Tony Ricicki
AK4RB - Dick Battle
W4IHK - Dean Craft
WB4FDT - Phil Sager
W4MHS - Marta Strong estate of NO4N Hugh Strong (sk)
W8WOJ - Don Christensen
W6CDA - Chris Arrighi
W2SG - Steve Glazer
SM5QU - Frank Vinnerlid
K0NWT - Newton White
W1DMD - John Alley
KK7DEB - Debra Provo
K2ALA - Lou Messineo
K5OVC - Leonard Mendel
W4WJ - Don Murray
W5SIY - Mike McGrath
W9QR - Larry Wheeler
VE4KQ - Bruce Johnson
NZ7Q - Paul Menard
KA0ROA - Ben Horkey
K6AET - Tom Arnold
VE3ENX - Robert Enenkel
KC9UNL - Curt Gidding
KB4SAD - Mario Maipid
KB3ZGB - Karen Jensen
N7ZYS - Linda Kephart
W6FJP - Richard McGhee
W0VZB - John Stutzer
Steve Miller, Wheeling IL
Mrs. Patricia Oettmeier, Griffin, GA YL of W4LSN (sk)
Kim Fisher of Wichita, KS from the sk estate of Marshall Macy W7YKR
Anna Lea Matysek of Sarasota FL. from the sk estate of Floyd Roof W0PNN
Thad Danley of Georgetown, TX.
Bill Ewaskiw of Carlsbad, CA nephew of W2ISA Mike Ewaskiw
Beth Wing of Waukesha, WI daughter of W9EPO Bill Wing(sk)
Patrick Rigg and his father W6AJJ G. Lloyd Rigg of Camarillo, CA
Sharon Sutter of Constantia, NY from the Collection of W8QKM/W2OMV
Reginald Wiley of Stockton, CA. from the Collection of W6VKT
Ailison Rossi and Jean Williams (yl) from the collection of W4REO.
And a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to Bob Balantine W8SU for his continued Articles, Contributions, and Guidance.
"Gone, but Not Forgotten"
contributor w8su
The original W8JYZ
"Old QSL Cards from
Famous Hams"
contributor w8su
KENO Las Vegas's first successful Commercial radio station.
Old QSL Card Master File
Master File
I have created a new Excel Master File in PDF format listing Old QSL Cards in the Collection by Call Area.
News and Updates
This Page was last
December 5, 2013
I am returning to NC for the winter. My collection will be in storage in Michigan until I return here in April 2014. I will have my call book collection with me in NC to assist in Call Book Look up information.
I will be making a database update when I return to NC. Some Scans will be available. Thank you for your continued support.
UPDATE!! 1,286 New Cards were added to the Master Database on July 2, 2013!!
I have opened a Facebook Page called "QSL Card from the Past". It is early on but being updated daily with plenty of room for your comments and research or scan requests. See me here or at: Facebook QSL Cards from the Past
I have added a Simple Spreadsheet that will explain the makeup of my Collection to help you understand the areas of growth during the past few years. Dupes are cards added to the database early on but were not listed individually. This spreadsheet will allow you to see where new cards were added on each update. I will continue to update this chart with each master database update. BG W8JYZ
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Once Upon a Theme...
we had again!!
and his gift to Ham Radio
Otto Eppers 8EA
their disabilities
Owners
Leo Meyerson - OM Leo
View these 1930s photos Link
If you are familar with this group or these photos and can share some insight please email. I received these from K5FNG Dave McCombs in Spring, TX. The W8PJB old QSL Card is part of my "QSL Cards from the Past" collection.
In case you missed this, "Thank you" Stan Horzepa WA1LOU for your "Surfin" review of my website. This article appeared during the week of Jan 4, 2008 on the ARRL Website. Click Here to read the REVIEW
Thank you Paul Huff N8XMS for your "Radio Roots" Story. If you missed it on the ARRL site Click here to read the Radio Roots Story.
eHam Link - If you like the "Old Time" Shack Pictures and want to leave a comment, click the link to this eHam Elmers Forum and tell us your thoughts. Some good comments and all are appreciated.
Read about ABC News Anchor
Peter Jennings SWLer (sk). View
my YouTube 3 clip video from 1986.
Click here
New full 30 minute Peter Jennings 1986 video Click here Read the pdf file above before playing this video
Calypso The Research Vessel
and her Song...
Bermuda The Nonstop Air Race to Bermuda
Ka-imi-loa The Kaimiloa Expedition
9DAX Leon Faber and his grandson Bryce
ARRL's Tribute to Hendersonville's
own Harry Mills K4HU (sk) Be sure to listen to the "All Things Considered" Link. Good Stuff...
NOTICE !!
Old DX QSL Cards not part of the collection are for sale on eBay!!.
Read about 14 year old Erwin T. Holcomb 6CCY and see his 1923 and 1924 Licenses along with his ARRL Certificate.
W6ANF Rick McMorran has scans from his two Grandfathers 6CCY and W6ANF now listed online Link These are a must see. Thanks Rick.
9AHX and College Football
Star "Red Grange"
Watch this 1939 Promo Movie "Radio Hams" A Pete Smith Specialty!!
Watch this 30 minute video produced by Hallicrafters in 1944 showing their War effort to produce Mobile Radio units that would help to coordinate radio communications in the field during WWII. "The Voice of Victory"
After reading about the old "Spark" transmitters of the early 1900s have you ever wondered what they really sounded like? Watch Bruce Kelley(sk) demonstrate these old "Spark Gap" transmitters. Click here and watch the 10 minute Video.
Read the W9IWE" QSL Story!!
Last Contact before the Ham Radio Blackout during WWII
W2NYY Read about this Dec. 7, 1941 Ham Radio
contact and the tragedy that followed at Pearl Harbor.
Ham Radio Operations came to a halt after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America's entry into WWII. Stateside, everybody worked to produce materials needed for the War effort and many contributed by buying WAR BONDS There are no QSL Cards to show during the War years but here are some WAR BONDS posters displayed during those years.
W8QCS Bruce Batchelor's brush with History in the summer of 1937
U.S.C.G.C. Mackinaw WAGB-83
NRKP The Story behind this Picture
Telegraph Road If you've ever spent time in Detroit, then you've probably drivin on Telegraph Road.
The Story of two QSL Cards
Early Short Wave Listeners should be remembered for their efforts
If you were an active Short Wave Listener SWL before you got your ticket, you might find your old SWL Card listed on the SWL Page !!
From SWL to Ham Radio by W8SU
SWL Cards
SWL Scans
ARRL Radiogram from 1930
50s looking for that rare DX
SWL's Hard at work
60s SWL's Listening Post
SWLer
"Living Hams who have made Notable Contributions to our Hobby"
contributor w8su
Some of my Favorite
Old QSL Cards
Click to read the story
behind this magical card!
Looks like he took a night off from his busy Presidential Campaign having received the Nomination just a few weeks earlier, to relax and "Chat with his Ham Radio friends".
More of my Favorite
Old QSL Cards
W9EIL Notice the hand drawn face
W9AGK 1932 30s design not seen in todays cards
W1DDC This is a hand painted card
VE3AY VE6LL W1BGZ
VE4ACR VE4ID W0UPT
W8IER W9UIQ a special card
W6DWQ W7DDU
W6ACN 1st CA. Ham License Plate 1954
W5BQU Tex Burdick "Big Quick and Ugly" 1955
W1NCX This QSO was made during the Silent Period of WWII??
WA4AZZ and WA4BMC This 1970s station has a lot to look at!!
1929 Los Angeles ARRC Convention. Were you there?
1936 Great Lakes Expo in Cleveland OH June 27 -Oct 4 1936. Ya we missed that one too.
Two old Friends of WNC Ham Radio
1954 GCRC W8ATB and W8GJH
Some "Old Time"
Radio Shacks
Response to "Old Time Radio Shacks" has been very good. If you have a favorite picture and would like it posted on this page, please email the picture to me in jpg format. I will make room here for all good pictures of "Old Time Shacks". LINK Click here for MANY more HAM SHACK PICS.
Wireless Operator about 1910
Operator Harold BEV 1915
5CU 1920s
W3CXE 1930s
W1CTK 1932
W9GET 1932
W6NXW 1937
W6FFW 1938
W9UKW 1940s
W7LVR 1949
W8RHZ 1950s
W4AA 1950s
W1JFG 1958
K9UMV 1960
W6CBA 1960s
WA8AYB 1962
K4YYR 1960s Mobile
W6AM
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