QSL Cards for Internet Contact

One of my tweeps @AnnOhio sent me a post card from her travels and while I was looking at it a flashed back to the QSL cards that HAM radio operators use.

For those who don't know what a QSL card is (stolen from wikipedia):

In radiocommunication and radio broadcasting, QSL is one of the Q codes used in radiocommunication. A Q code message can stand for a statement or a question. In this case, QSL means either "do you confirm receipt of my transmission" or "I confirm receipt of your transmission". A QSL card is a written confirmation.

Amateur radio operators exchange QSL cards to confirm two-way communications between stations. A QSL card sent from one amateur radio operator to another contains details about the contact and the station. At a minimum, this includes the call sign of both stations participating in the communications, the time and date of the contact (usually specified in UTC), the radio frequency used, the mode of transmission used, and a signal report. One national association of amateur radio operators, the ARRL, recommends a size of 3½ by 5½ inches (89 mm by 140 mm)

QSL cards are a ham radio operator's calling card and are frequently an expression of individual creativity—from a photo of the operator at his radio rig to original artwork, images of the operator's home town or surrounding countryside, etc. They are frequently taken with a good dose of individual pride. Consequently, the collecting of QSL cards of especially unique designs has become an add-on hobby to the simple gathering of printed documentation of a ham's communications over the course of his or her radio career. Some QSL cards contain an image, often something associated with the station or the operator.

Where QSL cards originally had a technical purpose (to confirm that a signal is being received), as I understand it, today it has 2 purposes:

1. Proof of contact for certain level / awards in the amateur radio associations.
2. A memento of the conversation.

It is the second part that brings me to this post.  I had a relative once who had a wall in his home office covered with QSL cards from all over the world from the years he spent in front of his HAM rig.  I'm looking at a blank spot on the wall and am thinking that I wish that the interweb community had something similar.  So, I'm starting this up.  If you and I have chatted anywhere, and you'd like a contact card, drop an email (sean@seanreiser.com) let me know the service where we've chatted, your ID on that service, your address and I'll start sending out cards in the next couple of weeks.  If you're thinking of doing something similar, link below.