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My Grandfather Henry Ruh was a HAM radio operator These are QSL cards he received from the people he spoke to.
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QSL card from 1964, Levittown NY.

#qslcard #hamradio #levittown #longisland taken in Levittown, New York by @k2vcu

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a year ago

Just happened to stumble upon several QSL cards that were all using the same template. A little research tells me that the "WRL Print" on the upper left of these cards means these were printed by World Radio Labs in Iowa, and they were nice low cost cards.
The three red cards are dated 1957 while the blue is 1960.

#hamradio #ham #qsl #qslcard #graphicdesign #worldradiolabs #wrl taken in Farmingdale, New York by @k2vcu

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3 years ago

A QSL card from Hicksville, NY ca. 1959 from "Kentucky's #2 Rebel Cotton Picker" which I am guessing was just a clever mnemonic device for remembering his call letters.

#qsl #qslcard #hamradio #ham #graphicdesign #postcard taken in Hicksville, New York by @k2vcu

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3 years ago

A QSL card from West Germany, 1982.
#qslcard #qsl #hamradio #ham #westgermany #graphicdesign taken in West Germany by @k2vcu

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3 years ago

First post in a while. This QSL card came from not too far from my Grandparent's house. SUNY Farmingdale which is an agricultural and tech University. #hamradio #suny #sunyfarmingdale #farmingdale #graphicdesign #ham #qsl #qslcard taken in Farmingdale, New York by @k2vcu

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3 years ago

Haven't posted in a while. Here's a neat card from 1968. From reading the remarks, It looks like my Grandfather had company over and let them chat on the radio with this gentleman. #k2vcu #hamradio #qsl #qslcard #graphicdesign #typography by @k2vcu

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3 years ago

Today's theme: Outhouses. I found 2 QSL cards in the cabinet today with Outhouses on them, postmarked a decade apart from each other (1969 and 1979). I guess it was a thing?
#QSL #postcard #graphicdesign #typography #outhouse #hamradio #amateurradio #retro #vintage taken in Los Osos, California by @k2vcu

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3 years ago

Loving the little character Jimmy The Mailman has going on here. Another one close to home base.
#hicksville #longisland #qsl #hamradio #typography #graphicdesign #amateurradio taken in Hicksville, New York by @k2vcu

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3 years ago

As a kid, I used to go to Radio Shack all the time. I'm not sure if the full story on this card because it is not filled out on the back, so I have to assume my Grandfather knew this guy from Radio Shack and he gave him this card.
#qsl #radioshack #hamradio #graphicdesign #typography #postcard taken in West Hempstead, New York by @k2vcu

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3 years ago

This one was sent to my Grandfather a week before I was born. I like the color, and the atomic age design, that probably means the card design dates back a bit before this was sent. I noticed a lot of these cards have typos in the call sign and the sender just writes in the correct one.

#qsl #qslcard #hamradio #graphicdesign #typography #1977 #vintage #postcard taken in Pontiac, Michigan by @k2vcu

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4 years ago

The Boy Scouts merit badge for radio apparently used to take about 70 hours to complete, and this card came from a Boy Scout camp in 1971. The requirements now take about 12 hours and not nearly as many scouts participate in it nowadays. #qsl #qslcard #postcard #boyscouts #hamradio #typography #graphicdesign taken in Hamilton, Ohio by @k2vcu

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4 years ago

Lumberton, New Jersey, 1966.

#qslcard #qsl #postcard #hamradio #graphicdesign #typography #1966 #newjersey #lumberton #retro #vintagepostcard #vintage by @k2vcu

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4 years ago