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   Bill Gunshannon to jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com   
   Re: QSL Cards   
   24 Nov 16 23:15:20   
   
   From: bill.gunshannon@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/24/16 10:27 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   > Bill Gunshannon  wrote:   
   >> On 11/24/16 8:24 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>> Bill Gunshannon  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Does anyone still print QSL cards?  Now that I am trying to get back   
   >>>> into ham radio I would love to get cards printed with the background   
   >>>> image from the cards I used  in Germany back in the 70's but with my   
   >>>> current stateside callsign and address on them.  Any pointers?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> bill   
   >>>> KB3YV   
   >>>   
   >>> Google qsl cards; About 395,000 results   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Been there, done that.   
   >>   
   >> I found none that will reproduce the card I wanted to use again.   
   >> Unless I am missing something all of them (except one) require   
   >> you to pick one of their designs.  And the odd man out has limited   
   >> modifications available and costs $.88 per card.   
   >>   
   >> bill   
   >> KB3YV   
   >   
   > I searched for custom qsl cards, got 37,000 results, and the first one   
   > on the list, http://www.k4jsg.com/shop/index.php, says he does full   
   > custom cards for $79.99/1000.   
   >   
   > Looking through the resoults, it appears the price ranges from about   
   > $79/1000 to around $130/1000.   
   >   
   > All of them say they will print whatever artwork you provide.   
   >   
   >   
      
   I'll go back and look for that one. The call looks familiar but I   
   certainly don;t remember seeing anything about any artwork.  $80   
   per 1000 sounds reasonable to me.   
      
   bill   
   KB3YV   
      
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