QSL and Logging software design
When you next have your new cards
designed, remember:
- If your card is two sided, make
sure your call is on BOTH sides, clearly. Flipping the card can sometimes cause mistakes.
- Make your date and time format standard (ISO8601):
yyyy-mm-dd e.g. 2012-05-18
and
time e.g. 18:00Z
- Make sure your band is in frequency (MHz) and
not in wavelength (metres)!
- Head your columns with yyyy-mm-dd; UTC (not GMT!); MHz (not Band), RST and Mode
- Do
not place religious quotes, symbols, pictures or pictures of religious
places on your card. They will not be answered.
If you don't do this, it is easy
for QSL managers to make mistakes.
If
your logging software outputs metres without an option for MHz, request
that your software writer includes this in their next release.