QSL Card - QSL Card

Japanese: QSL カード - きゅーえすえるかーど
QSL Card - QSL Card

...Based on the principle of reciprocity, licenses are also given to foreign amateurs. Popular activities include exchanging communication certificates (QSL cards) with stations you have communicated with, participating in contests to see who can communicate with the most stations in a certain amount of time, and fox hunting to find hidden radio sources. There are also enthusiastic participants who compete over the number of QSL cards or countries they can collect, and DXpeditions, where stations are operated in countries or on uninhabited islands where there are no amateur stations. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "QSL cards" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…相互主義により外国人アマチュアにも免許が与えられる。交信した局と交信証(QSLカード)を交換したり,一定時間に多くの局との交信数を競うコンテストへの参加,隠された電波発信源を探し出すフォックス・ハンティングなども人気がある。集めたQSLカードの枚数や国数を競ったり,アマチュア局のない国や無人島で局を運用するDXペディションも熱心に行われている。…

※「QSL カード」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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