About QSL-cards...

It is a good tradition, that radio amateurs exchange so called "QSL cards" as written confirmation after a contact, especially for contacts over long distances and with stations in overseas ("DX-stations"). Radio amateurs holding confirmations for connections with at least 100 countries may apply for membership to the "DX century club" (DXCC), which is managed by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).

The world of amateur radio consists of 338 countries according to the DXCC countries list. In addition to "normal" governments, some remote islands and extraterritorial areas (e.g. the UN in New York) count as country also.

For the time being, my QSL collection contains cards from 315 current countries:

Region Number of countries QSLs in gallery
Europe 69 69
Africa 75 74
Asia 55 54
North America 49 46
South America 29 26
Oceania 59 45
Antarctica 2 1

The most recent "new ones"

Desecheo Island
QSL_KP5		 Willis Islands
QSL_VK9W

Some extraordinary "countries"

Sov. Military order of Malta
QSL_1A0		 Canal Zone (until 30 Sept 1979)
QSL Canal Zone
Spacelab mission
QSL_Spacelab		 The United Nations
QSL_4U1U

QSL-cards randomly selected from my QSL-Gallery

Random-QSLs

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