Based on some input from comments here, and from e-mails, here’s a more refined retro QSL design.
Also, as I mentioned in a comment to my previous post, I might have a way to actually print them authentically, too. Here in Ann Arbor. We have a group called BoundEdition, which is a “membership-based community studio for book arts, letterpress, and related trades.” Heck, maybe I could even come up with a few designs and offer to print up small batches for other hams.
What would you think about that? Would you be interested in purchasing some if I could master the printing process?
Dan KB6NU says
While Googling around this morning, I thought I’d see what was available on “retro QSL cards.” I came up with these two interesting links:
On QSL Cards
A “Vintage QSL” of Your Own
Dave AA7EE says
Dan – that design is looking good. I offered some feedback as a reply to your post on my blog. Let me know if you didn’t see it, and I can copy you here, or to your e-mail. Also – Gary WD4NKA commented too. He runs his own letterpress business, and his work looks great. I take the easy way out and print my cards at Fedex Kinkos. That way, I can print small quantities as I use them, and am not stuck with a large quantity of cards if I wish to change anything on them.
73 and good luck with that card!
Dave
AA7EE
Gary Johanson says
We have been considering coming up with an actual product line of 1920s era QSL designs. Heh, the only problem is that while hams tend to be willing to dump thousands into their equipment…..the idea of paying for letterpress printing a’la “old school” seems to be anathema. And it isn’t cheap. But it’s awesome. And it’s the way printing was done for over five hundred years. One impression at a time, pulled by hand.