David EilersDecember 29, 2020

QSL Cards on eBay

I haven't listed these QSL cards in a while. Here's a couple ones I hadn't seen.

Jeepster Kid's KBN-2655 Card on eBay:
"Vintage QSL Radio Card, JEEP Sanford Florida.
KBN-2655, The JEEPSTER KID!!
NS Stamped."

2. This QSL Card is from Earl Clark, Jr:
"Vintage QSL Radio Card.
"KBN-7286 Earl Clark Jr".
Inkster, Michigan.
Vintage Jeep and camping scene."

5 Comments

Barney GoodwinDecember 29, 2020 at 12:30 PM
I was KIN-2773 "Chowhound", Stockton CA in the early '70s.
1. David EilersDecember 29, 2020 at 6:23 PM
  Barney ... then you are more versed in this subject than I. I've never done any Ham radio exploration.
Barney GoodwinDecember 29, 2020 at 7:03 PM
Dave - You never had a CB radio? Monitor 9 = emergency channel (police often monitored this) Ch 19 was the main trucker's channel. These radios originally required the FCC license (K**-1234) until they were overwhelmed by the "CB radio craze of 1975/" and in 76 the FCC removed the license requirement, lowered the wattage from 5 to 4 watts, and increased the channels from 23 - 40. I recently read a vintage newspaper from the late 60s here where the local police chief was asking people with CB radios to call in suspicious activity during a crime spree period. Police dispatch had a base station to monitor and reply.
David EilersDecember 30, 2020 at 1:09 AM
Barney, Well, I remember the CB craze (Convoy, Smokey and the Bandit, etc ... I was 10 in 1975). We only ever had a CB installed in our jeep and we only used the CB for jeep club runs, so I only knew the basics. Since there was rarely more than 10 of us doing club runs, I didn't have to know much (and clearly still don't know much). - Dave - D
rdjeepDecember 30, 2020 at 2:44 AM
I didn't know they did QSL cards for ham radio. A friend got me interested in short wave radio reception way back, and I wrote for QSL cards all over the world. Listened on a 1930's tube radio.