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How Long to Keep QSL Cards?

How Long to Keep QSL Cards?I am in the process of moving the home QTH to another location here in the city. Noted previously is the fact that even if I put up an antenna at the new location, 3/4 of the signal will be going directly into dirt. There are many good reasons for this house and the location that I won't go into here. And, as noted before, I'm in the process of re-designing how I do my ham radio hobby.

But, moving in only 11 more days, I've been staring at all the radio stuff I have and wondering what I should keep and what I should sell...and what I should throw.

I saw a post on an e-mail reflector earlier today that has me thinking...why keep six boxes of QSL cards that I've accumulated over the years? It is pure weight and storage space and I haven't looked through them since I moved to the Pacific Northwest 3+ years ago. I'm not chasing awards any more. I have a hard enough time answering the QSL cards as it stands.

How long do you keep your cards?

Scot, K9JY