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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
November 21, 2003
This week, guest columnist, Bob Radmore, N2PWP, reveals how to make your own ham radio paper goods.
Have you ever wished that you had a business card with your ham call sign printed on it? Did you ever wish you had a card to hand to another ham inviting him or her to your ham club's meeting? You can have both of these and much more if you have a computer and an ink jet printer.
The Avery Company provides free Windows-based software that allows you to design and print business cards and many other forms of labels and cards. Surf on over to Avery's Web site, click the Software link, and download their DesignPro software and the DesignPro User Guide. Using the software, print the letter size Printer Calibration Sheet and follow the instructions to find the correct printer calibration constants for your own printer.
The Avery program allows you to design a business card to your own desires. Logos can be downloaded from the ARRL Web site or designed using Microsoft's Paint program, which is bundled with the Windows operating system.
 John McDonough's QSL Maker Web site can help you create your own QSL card. |
After completing your design, print a sheet of business cards on blank paper. Hold it up to a business card sheet and see that everything is properly centered. If so, print and use your new business cards. You can purchase business card sheets at office supply stores or places like Sam's Club. A package of sheets sufficient for 1000 business cards can be had for under $6.
You are not limited to just business cards. Postcards, QSL cards, labels, or almost any other desired print job can be done at a reasonable cost.
Did I mention QSL cards? Surf on over to the Web site of John McDonough, WB8RCR, and download his free QSL creation software, QSL Maker. Again, using your computer and inkjet printer, your QSL card is only limited by your own imagination. Digital photographs or scanned photos can be the background for your personal card.
Hopefully this information will spur some of you into incorporating your own ideas into eyeball QSO and QSL cards.
Until next time, keep on surfin'
Editor's note: Way back before home computers, Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, designed his own QSL card using ink, paper, and Robert Crumb, then hired a printer to produce his "masterpiece" in mass quantities. Times have changed, and so has Stan, who you can contact by sending e-mail to wa1lou@arrl.net.
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