myQSL.org
the art of CB radio QSL cards
The lost postcard art of the QSL card, quirky and colourful mass mail exchange of the CB radio craze!!!
Thousands of vintage cards for sale in the myQSL.org store!
Last Update: July 2, 2009!
Yes, CB radio: the chatroom of the past, one of the first true network cultures!
A weird & wonderful window onto 1960s-70s North American culture, from local to global!
A tribute to the millions of CBers who lit up the airwaves and the tens of thousands who QSLed!
myQSL.org is the world's largest CB radio QSL card gallery!!!
Now showcasing over 5085 of over 150,000 cards!
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2. ART!
The signature artists of the CB radio QSL card world.2 Bits, AHF, Avon 2, Big Bird, Bluejay, "Blue Toronto", Camelot, Christle Vaughn, The City Mapper, Country Bumpkin, Crystal Ball DM, Denise Hermann, Dirty Doodler, Don Haffner/Picasso, Doodler, DP the Viking, Dumplin, Fanci Dancer, Foxy Printer, Hot Shot, Hunter, JM DeLong, Jockey, Jylegs, Kimo, King Kards, Lover Boy, M.Maturo, Majic Clipper, Mr.Print, Muzzle Loader, Northwind, OE Williams, The Old Man, OS, Pa Kettle, Papa Bear, Pen, Runnin Bare, Shepherd, Speed Schell, Tigress, Topper, Tortuga, Wildebeest, Winchester & VARIOUS ARTISTS.
3. Characters
a. CHARACTERS including LADIES! GENTLEMEN! COMMONFOLK! (stock images, templates, etc.) CBers at home! (Base) CBers on the road! (Mobile) CBers outdoors! AIR! (Pilots, Flyers, etc.) Aliens! Angels! Animal-human interactions! Animal riders! Announcers! Athletes, Active & Game Players! Bachelors! Bikers! Blind or visually impaired! Brutes! Campers! Cavemen! Climbers of antennas, towers and rooves! Clowns! Southern Confederate army/sympathizers! Couples! "Odd" couples! Cowboys! Criminals! CULTURES! Cyclists! Devils! People with Disabilities! (deleted, see Blind or Wheelchairs) Drinkers! Drivers! Elderly! Electrocuted! FAMILIES! ODD families! Farmers! Fishermen! Freud with a naked woman in his forehead! Ghosts! Gunmen! Handymen! Hillbillies! Hippies! Historical! Hoboes! Horseback riders! Hunters! Indians! Jesus Christ! Jokers & jesters! Kids! Knights! LADIES! Law enforcement! Leprechauns! Magicians! MARINE! (Boaters, Sailors, Etc.) Military! Moustache sporters! Musicians! Nudes! ODD! Pirates! Prospectors! RADIO-related! Religious! Reversible faces! Robin Hood! Royalty! Santa Claus! SEXY! Skeletons! Skulls! Sleepers! Smokers! Snowmen! Superheroes! Tarzan! TELEPHONE callers! Toilet users! TRUCKERS! Vikings! Warriors! Wheelchair users! Wizards, witches, sorcerers! Workers! Zorro!
3b. COPYRIGHT CHARACTERSDisney! Flintstones! Looney Tunes including the Roadrunner! Peanuts including Snoopy! Ratfink style characters! Smokey Bear!
3c. ANIMALS including bears! Birds including chickens & Owls! Cats! Deer! Dogs! Fish! Foxes! Horned! (Goats, rams, sheep!) Horses, donkeys & mules! Insects! Pigs & hogs! Primates! Rodents! (Mice, rats!) Squirrels! Wildcats! Wolves!4. Subjects Everything under the sun!!!
4a. RADIO! 10-codes! Ads! Antennae! Clubs & their logos! Jokes including the CBers prayer & Skip Licenses! Meets! (Jamborees & Coffee Breaks) Mics! RADIOS! Shacks! Towers! Walkie-talkies!
4b. REGIONAL! USA! Canada! States including Alabama! Alaska! Arizona! Arkansas! California! Colorado! Florida! Georgia! Hawaii! Idaho! Illinois! Indiana! Iowa! Kansas! Louisiana! Maine! Massachusetts! Michigan! Minnesota! Missouri! New Jersey! New York! Ohio! Pennsylvania! Puerto Rico! Texas! Washington! West Virginia! Wisconsin! Provinces including Alberta! British Columbia! Manitoba! Newfoundland! Nova Scotia! Northwest Territories! Ontario! Prince Edward Island! Quebec! Saskatchewan! Yukon Territory!4c. VEHICLES! Cars! Longhaul trucks! Buses! Campers & trailers! Old cars! Pickup trucks! Carriages! Motorcycles! Vans! Work vehicles! Fire/ambulance!
4d. VARIOUS SUBJECTS! Abstract! Ads! Alcohol! "Bases & mobiles" (houses & cars)! Bicycles! Boats! Body parts including handshakes! Buildings & structures! Cameras! Clocks, watches & timepieces! Clothing! Coats of arms & crests! Comics & gags including "off color"! Southern Confederacy! Coffee! Cultures including totem poles & native American Indian iconography! Food & drink! Games including billiards, playing cards, chess, checkers & dice! Globes! Government! Guns & weapons! Holidays! Horseshoes! Houses! Houses and cars! Hunting! Jewels! Lighthouses! Machines! Masks! Money! Music! Names (plays or visual puns on family names)! Nature! Planes! Plants including trees, flowers & clovers! QSL CARDS ABOUT QSL CARDS including temporary substitute QSL cards! Religious! Scenes! Signs! Smokes! Space & the future! Southern Confederacy! Sports! Trains! THINGS! Tools & parts! Wheelchairs! XXX!
5. Design Styles and features of QSL cards like Photos! Special materials including actual wallpaper! Colors! Picture postcards! Postmarks! Mini cards! Oversize cards! Club logos! Meet invitations! Blank forms! Filled forms! Back matter (letters, club stamps, notes, etc)! Text-only!
6. International QSLs: As if you hadn't seen enough, SEE THE WORLD in cards from CBers all over the earth!!!
7. "Modern" QSLs: International CB QSLs exchanged after the North American CB craze (1960s-80s), through the 1990s to the modern day.
Warning: these are not sophisticated directories!
They are not linked to card browsing within the site!
If you find any data you would like to follow up on, email info@myQSL.org!
1. By CB Radio Callsigns/Call Letters/Licenses
2. By CB Handle/Nickname
3. By Region: Canada U.S.A.
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