Those Old Reminders Of QSL's Past

I spent a good part of yesterday scanning my old QSL cards from my KD3IC and KA3STI days.  They bring back a lot of memories.  I remember the first SSB contact I had.  It was with a British expatriate in Spain on 10 meters. I was so excited, I ran downstairs and told Betty.    I had already made more than 100 CW contacts, but as a novice, SSB access was very limited.  I soon upgraded to General and worked my first 20 meter SSB contact with a station in Greenland.  There are a lot of cards in this collection that can never be duplicated.  One, Y21VF from the German Democratic Republic was a particular coup for me.

I wanted to say that scanning these old cards is a labor of love, but it's really just part of the hobby.  Everyone should look back every now and then if for nothing else but to see how far you've come.