R1BLH

A few words about me.

Main QTH is Saint-Petersburg.

First steps in amateur radio i made in my school (callisgn of our school station was UO4OXA, 1986-1988), my SWL callsign was UO5-039-517. Now i had got a some time to obtain the amateur license (R1BLH, 2022.06.01) after 34 years of QRT

One of my interests is distributed non-commercial social networks (Fediverse), I prefer to use them instead of commercial ones (VK/FB/...).
I have started a Russian-language Fediverse node for radio amateurs (on Friendica engine). My account there is @r1blh@friends.radio-spb.site. There I also read subscriptions from the HAM radio Mastodon node.
Registration is moderated (it is recommended to identify yourself by e-mail/telegram/matrix — give your callsign).

Pixelfed: @cats-shadow@pixelfed.cats-home.net (on the my own Pixelfed instance, something like Instagram).

Main point of presense in Fediverse is Michael [Кошак] Skolsky (my own Hubzilla instance, something like FB).

matrix: @cats-shadow:cats-home.net
email: r1blh@yandex.ru
telegram: @cats_shadow

About logging.

As a log I now use Wavelog (a fork of Cloudlog, which I used to use), I'm working on its Russian localization.
My thoughts about logs and electronic QSL systems are summarized in a note, if anyone is interested — here (in Russian). I will update it from time to time.

About QSL.
Since my school days, paper QSL cards have always given me warm feelings, because I am always happy to receive and send them. But the catch is that everything used to go through the bureau (at least then, in Moldova), and now as far as QSL mail goes, let's face it, as it turns out. Yes, and electronic options have brought progress.

So with QSL the story is like this:

• I answer all received QSLs in the way the card was received, without any conditions.
• First, I send paper QSL cards myself:
  • through the bureau, if I can confirm that the addressee uses the QSL bureau.
  • by mail:
    • if I really need confirmation, but neither electronic nor bureau options are available
    • if I want to have a QSL card in my collection.
• QSL for QSO in digital modes I send electronically by default, but to paper ones I reply. You can also request a QSL card through OQRS (see below).

OQRS is set up to request a QSL card from

• на OQRS via my home WaveLog (see widget above)
• на OQRS via ClubLog

I will send requested QSL cards through the bureau without questions, directly — for the cost of an envelope with stamps :)

About other electronic QSL systems:

• LoTW — automatic synchronization
• clublog.org — automatic upload
• hrdlog.net (ham365.net) — automatic upload
• qso.su — manual upload
• After recent events hamlog.online has somehow lost its meaning and turned into another "thing in itself". And it is fenced from all sides, all manipulations only manual. I put up with it, because I considered it a useful local QSO confirmation system, but everything ends sooner or later. As soon as there will be an alternative, I will think about transferring my QSOs to hamlog.online on "residual principle/on request/I am interested in the award published there".
• qrz.com — periodically synchronized with LoTW
• I gave up eQSL.cc for various reasons, even though it is supported by Wavelog "out of the box".

73! Michael
R1BLH