📻 QSL Policy
Yes — I collect QSL cards!
And yes, I still believe that real QSL cards are a wonderful part of our hobby. You may call me old school, but I genuinely enjoy every card that arrives — whether it is a beautifully designed card or simply a piece of reused paper. Every real QSL is appreciated!
📬 General QSL Information
CT9/DF7EE and CQ3W
LoTW uploaded: after every trip!
All DF7EE cards are sent via the bureau until 31.12.2026.
For direct requests, please use Club Log OQRS:
Check all my logs here!
CQ3W QSLs are available ONLY via OQRS and LoTW.
⚠️ Please note
I am NOT the QSL manager for:
- P40Z
- P41P
- PJ2T
- CS9L
- CT9L
- CR3L
- CQ3L
The QSL managers are:
P40Z, P41P & PJ2T → W3HNK
CS9L, CT9L, CR3L & CQ3L → DJ6QT, direct or via bureau
Please contact the appropriate manager for these stations.
🇵🇹🇪🇸 My Other Calls
All P4/DF7ZS, CT9/DF7ZS and CT3/DF7ZS QSOs are confirmed via the bureau.
I prefer receiving QSL cards via the bureau, but if you don’t want to wait, a direct card is absolutely fine too.
Please note: cards with insufficient postage will be returned via the bureau.
📮 Direct QSL Address
Helmut Mueller – DF7ZS
Weidenweg 1d
63454 Hanau
Germany
🗃️ Older QSOs – 2005–2007
The supply of old QSL cards for:
- PJ4/DF7ZS
- PJ2/DF7ZS
- PJ4P
is now almost exhausted, and the old log is closed.
If you still need a card for one of these QSOs, please send a direct QSL with SASE and sufficient return postage. I will do my best to help while cards are still available.
💙 Why I Still Love QSL Cards
I really do love real QSL cards.
For me, they are more than just a confirmation of a contact. They are a little piece of amateur-radio history — something tangible that remains long after the QSO is in the log.
So please don’t worry about whether your card is fancy, expensive or professionally printed. If it represents our QSO, I will appreciate it.
🌐 LoTW & eQSL
I also use LoTW, mainly because it is a convenient way to confirm contacts for DXCC and other awards. I upload my logs regularly.
A big thank you to ARRL for providing this great service!
eQSL
I don’t actively use eQSL, and it is not important to me as a QSL system.
However, for the benefit of those who enjoy using it, I do upload my logs from time to time.
If your QSO matches my records — great!
If it doesn’t, please don’t send repeated notifications or emails. Thanks for understanding.
🏆 A Word to the Contest Community
I am a contester myself, and over the years I’ve spent quite a bit of time, effort and money keeping up with my QSL inbox.
I believe that QSLing is an important part of our hobby and that answering requests is a nice way of completing the contact we’ve made on the air.
From time to time, when I’m not seriously participating in a contest, I will work a few stations simply because I enjoy the QSO — and, of course, to give them some additional points.
I usually do this with my normal logbook open.
So here’s a friendly hint to the big-gun contest stations:
If I call you and discover that you don’t properly handle your QSLs, I may decide not to work you again — and you may miss out on those points! 😉
There are still many stations in contests that rarely or never respond to QSL requests. That’s their choice, of course — but it can also mean that casual QSO hunters simply stop calling them.
Good QSL practice helps keep the whole contest community connected.
📡 Thanks for the QSO!
Thank you very much for every contact, every QSL card and every new DX adventure.
Hope to meet you again on the bands soon!
73 de DF7ZS
Helmut
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