In honor of DX Engineering’s 25th anniversary of serving the amateur radio community, OnAllBands is featuring some of the personal QSL cards from members of the DX Engineering team—active operators who enjoy making QSOs and sending QSL cards as much as you do.
Tim, K3LR, DX Engineering CEO, from his superstation in Western Pennsylvania (Image/DX Engineering)David, K8DV, DX Engineering Customer/Technical Support Specialist (Image/DX Engineering)“The lions on the card are a tribute to my mom and represent her strength and courage when she was battling breast cancer,” said Teri, K8MNJ, DX Engineering Special Projects and Promotions, Hamfest/DXpedition Coordinator. “During her battle I started giving her different lions to remind her that like the lion in the Wizard of OZ, strength and courage was already within her, she just didn’t know it until she was forced to look deep within to find it. The pictures were all taken while on the safari truck in the Animal Kingdom at Disney World in Orlando.” (Image/DX Engineering)This QSL card from George, K3GP, DX Engineering Customer/Technical Support Specialist, shows the Glamorgan Castle near Alliance, Ohio. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the structure was commissioned by Colonel William Henry Morgan, the president and principal owner of the Morgan Engineering Co., who named it for his father’s birthplace in Wales. You can read more about it here. (Image/DX Engineering)Wayne, K8FF, DX Engineering Customer/Technical Support Specialist (Image/DX Engineering)Melanie, K8KSU, DX Engineering Team Lead, Customer Support and Supply Chain (Image/DX Engineering)“I had achieved General class as a 15-year-old in 1975 but never had a QSL since my Novice WN8RQX cards that I made in a ninth-grade print shop class,” wrote Rod, K8RR, DX Engineering Technical Support Specialist. “I was WB8RQX for 23 years, but college and family were my focus. I returned to the hobby after joining the staff of AES (Amateur Electronic Supply) in 1996. I couldn’t find the Novice card to show here, but I designed this WB8RQX card as a replica with green ink on a blue-gray card stock; a present to myself after upgrading to Advanced class so I could start chasing DX in earnest. Then I wanted all of the frequencies, studied and passed the Extra class with the 20 WPM code test in 1999. “It wasn’t long after I realized that a 2×3 call sign was too long for CW-DXing and I obtained WN8R, which worked well for DXing for 19 years. Later, the contesting bug bit and I realized that I needed a different call sign. In 2018, after 29 attempts in the 1×2 lottery, I won the call K8RR. While DX Engineering is celebrating its 25th anniversary, I am celebrating 50 years of the amazingly diverse hobby of Amateur Radio. 73 es GL DX!” (Image/DX Engineering)Ed, K8IV, DX Engineering Electronic Technician (Image/DX Engineering)“The image is taken from Cleland Rock Scenic Vista at McConnells Mill State Park while scouting out a location to set up portable for a POTA activation,” said John, KJ3X, DX Engineering Quality Control and New Product Development/Project Coordination Specialist. “Right after I took the photo lightning struck less than a mile away down the valley that is shown. I got out of there pretty quickly as that location is a high point and you drive through a cornfield to get to the vista. The other image is the first time I was able to do the 13 Colonies event. A friend and I set up in my backyard and got a clean sweep in 2017.” (Image/DX Engineering)Troy, AC8OW, DX Engineering Customer/Technical Support Specialist, has written often about his outdoor operating adventures for OnAllBands, including activation of the lighthouse on his QSL card. (Image/DX Engineering)(Image/DX Engineering)Scott, N3RA, DX Engineering Sales Manager, provided us with two QSL cards from his many years of operating. (Image/DX Engineering)(Image/DX Engineering)Tom, KB8UUZ, DX Engineering Technical Writer, displays his Buckeye pride on his QSL card. (Image/DX Engineering)(Image/DX Engineering)Scotty, KG9Z, DX Engineering Customer/Technical Support Specialist, sent us cards from two of his QTHs: Wayne County, Ohio, and Las Vegas. Viva ham radio! (Image/DX Engineering)(Image/DX Engineering)
