Hi Steve, It was about 40 yrs ago when I was in the Boy Scouts back in South Africa that I was first exposed to Ham Radio, but like most people was put off by morse code. Well now that is optional, and here in Australia the Foundation License is very achievable even if you have no prior radio / electronics knowledge. It was five nights course and a quick theory & practical exam which I did a month or so ago.
QSL cards for those who do not know are used to confirm contacts over the air between ham radio operators. They are highly sought after - particularly if you get one from a more unusual country of the world. Generally they are post card sized, and are individualised by each ham. If you have a look at: http://www.qsl.net/n9bt/qsl_template.htm there is a word doc template showing the basic data needed. What I was thinking was that, if you are like me, every time you buy ink for your inkjet, they upsell you to a 3 pack, and you end up with some 4x6 photo paper. I was thinking of making it that size which makes it easier than having to get cardboard stock. You could then print a blank and handfill it, or make it really beautiful and use Lyx to fill in, then print. I don't know how they do it but you have those PDFs which you can fill in the box onscreen - that could even make the solution Lyx independent if you must! I know that in the USA alone there are > 700,000 current ham radio operators, so there must be millions worldwide. Who knows, maybe there are some that are Lyx users to give their ideas :-) Thanks in advance, MarkL vk4fmrk On 19 April 2012 12:45, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:37:41 +1000 > Mark Livingstone <livingstonem...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Guys, >> >> Does anyone have a Lyx ham radio QSL card template? >> >> Cheers, >> >> MarkL vk4fmrk > > How fun would that be?!!! > > If nobody else helps you, I'll try to do it. It's about time I learned > how to make a template. > > SteveT
