Amateurs use the slang expression ragchew or ragchewing to refer to an extended, informal conversation, a variation of the common idioms "chewing the fat" and "chewing the rag".
[1] Sometimes, a contact in person, between two ham radio operators, is humorously referred to as an "eyeball QSO".
An All-Time New One (ATNO)[2] is an operator's contact with an amateur station that they have never worked before on any band or mode.
[3][4] Many amateurs will send QSL cards to stations they have worked.
Logs and QSL cards can be kept as keepsakes and used as proof of contacts for awards, such as Worked all States or the DX Century Club.