Print QSL cards from your log
Drop your ADIF log and the cards are filled in for you: your callsign, name, QTH, grid and zones once, and for each station the QSOs you had with it — date with the month in letters, time in UTC, frequency, mode and the report you gave. Print them, or save a PDF for a print shop.
What goes on the card
Your callsign large, then your name, QTH, grid, country and CQ and ITU zones — taken from the log where it has them (MY_GRIDSQUARE, MY_NAME, MY_CITY, MY_CQ_ZONE…), and typed in where it does not. For the other station: “To radio” and their call, the route if your log has one (QSL_VIA), and a table of up to six QSOs with date, UTC, MHz, mode, RST and “PSE” or “TNX” QSL — TNX when their card has already come. A line at the bottom for your rig and antenna, and 73.
Paper
The card is 140 × 90 mm, the usual QSL size. On A4 or Letter three cards fit one above the other, with dashed cut marks; on 140 × 90 mm card stock it prints one card a page. Three looks: Classic with a double border, Bold header in a colour you pick, and Plain to save ink — and you can add a photo down the left side.
Which QSOs
Those with no card sent yet, those your logger has queued for a card (QSL_SENT R or Q), or all of them — out of the QSOs the table shows, so filter it first for a band, a year or one country. After printing, “Mark them as QSL sent” sets QSL_SENT, the date and the route (bureau or direct); save the log and import it back into your logger.
Questions
- How do I print them the right size?
- In the print window choose 100 % or “Actual size”, not “Fit to page”, and turn off the headers and footers. Cards printed on A4 or Letter then come out 140 × 90 mm along the cut marks.
- Can a print shop use the file?
- Choose “Save as PDF” in the print window: the PDF keeps the exact size and can go to a print shop or a copy centre.
- Is my log uploaded?
- No. The cards are made in your browser from the file; nothing is sent anywhere, the photo included.