How do I obtain Longwave Beacon QSL's?

[Shortwavewave]

Im in the prosess of learning CW, and Im starting with longwave beacons because there small and easy, and ill move my way up,
but how do i obtain infomation about them, and or QSL cards
Ive seen websites to people who have obtained them but
anyone know HOW??
THank you

 

[ka3jjz]

LW isn't my bag, unfortunately (and it really isn't HF...) but I understand that some folks are successful by sending a printed form card, and return postage to the organization running or the owner of the beacon.

If you get into LW, then you want to belong to the Longwave Club of America. They're one of the premier clubs specializing in this field - everything from 500 khz on down, including beacons. You can, no doubt, get QSL tips - and addresses - from there....73s Mike

 

[k9rzz]

http://www.beaconworld.org.uk/files/qsling.pdf
http://freenet-homepage.de/troesne/Beacons.html

Those LW NDB's are always at airports, so those might be tricky. Check the 10 meter band for beacons as well. There has been some E skip lately and those ham beacons would be easy to get QSL's from. Those guys love to hear from folks who have heard their beacons. Also, most hams on CW will confirm SWL reports ... look them up on QRZ.COM and either write them or email them saying "I heard you working K9XYZ on .... blah blah blah". That would be a good way to add to your QSL collection.

Edit: Oh! Good for you learning the code. I think it's FUN!

 

[Shortwavewave]

Thank you for the information, I didnt know hams would QSL SWLs, so i just simply tell them "i heard you making contact with another person?? or just say i heard them??

I LOVE THIS HOBBY!!!

 

[nexus]

Yup. If the ham is active in QSLing, you just send them a postcard and usually they'll send you one of their cards back. Try to provide some specific information, give the date, time you heard them and on what frequency/mode and make note of some things you observed hearing. Like them discussing the weather or a rig, antenna or whatever.

You can get mailing address information for hams at http://www.qrz.com just type in their callsign in the callsign search box and it should come up with their address.

 

[gcgrotz]

Some NDB's are located at airports but I think I'm safe saying that most are not. They are typically located on an approach path a few miles away or as a marker for a major air route or intersection.

If you go to www.airnav.com you can enter the 3 letter code and it will give you all kinds of info, including (for many of them) who operates the beacon.

Good luck, with winter coming it is a good time for LF DXing.

 

[k9rzz]

Let us know what cards you get!