QSL CARD
QSL CARD:
QSL card is a written confirmation of a contact, exchanged between radio amateurs. These are of post card size. It must have your callsign, name and address, the particulars of the contact like date, time, frequency, RST, mode and callsign of the station contacted, power used, type of transmitter and antenna etc. Collecting these cards is also part of this hobby. For sending and receiving the cards economically, QSL Bureaus of radio clubs are used. One has to send the cards to the bureaus which will dispatch it to other foreign bureaus and vice versa.
LOG BOOK
A chronological record of all transmissions must be kept in a bound book (not loose sheet) showing the following:
a. Date and time of starting and ending of contact with each station, in Indian Standard Time using the 24 hour format.
b. Callsigns of stations contacted.
c. Frequency or Meter Band used.
d. Mode and power used.
e. In case of portable or mobile station, the temporary location.
f. Brief summery of communications
No gaps shall be left between the entries and they shall be initialed. We have to preserve the log for a period of one year from the date of last entry. If the station is operated by another amateur, he must sign in the log and indicate his name, callsign and licence number.
EQUIPMENT REGISTER
A register giving details of equipment owned /used by the Amateur Radio operator is to be maintained in the following format:
HOURS OF OPERATION:
HX : no Hours of operation
H 24 : 24 ours
HJ : sunrise to sunset(day frequency)
HN : sunset to sunrise(nit frequency)