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 340 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 320 current countries:

Region Number of countries QSLs in gallery
Europe 68 68
Africa 76 75
Asia 55 54
North America 50 47
South America 30 28
Oceania 59 46
Antarctica 2 1

The most recent "new ones"

Marquesas
QSL_VP8_ORK		 Rep. of South Sudan
QSL_PJ4

Some extraordinary "countries"

Malyj Vysotskij Island (until 17 Feb 2012)
QSL_R1M		 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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