The following is a transcript of a two-way Morse code communication (QSO) between me and Marjan Kalic who lives in Bistrica, Slovenia, which was once a part of the old U.S.S.R. The translation follows. Parts of it are from memory as I didn’t write down my side and not all of what he said. The date was May 7, 2007 at 1617 UTC (International time) on 20 meters, 14053 Mhz.
CQ CQ CQ USA DE S5IRU PSE K
S5IRU DE K8ASA K8ASA K
K8ASA DE S5IRU RR TNX FER CALL UR RST 559 559. OP HR MARJAN. QTH IS BISTRICA, SLOVENIA. SO HW CPY K8ASA DE S5IRU
S5IRU DE K8ASA OK MARJAN FB ON ALL UR RST 579 579. NAME JACK. QTH OHIO OHIO RIG KNWD TS 830 S AT 100 WTS TO A G5RV UP 35 FT. AGE 68 BN HAM FER ONLY SIX MONTHS. BK TO U MARJAN DE K8ASA K
K8ASA DE S5IRU R FB PSE SEND COUNTY I HVE 600 COUNTIES NOW IN USA BK
BK R COUNTY IS SANDUSKY BK
BK RR SANDUSKY TNX I LIV ON MOUNTAIN IN COUNTRY ES SKI ES WATCH SHEEP. U DO GUD CW FER SIX MONTHS. HOW BK
BK ARMY ES CODE 50 YRS AGO BKBK OK VRY GUD SO JACK WILL SAY 73 ES CU AGN DE S5IRU AR VA (SK) dit dit
DE K8ASA ES TU 73 dit dit
I am seeking you (CQ) anyone in USA please answer this is S5IRU
S5IRU this is (DE) K8ASA over
K8ASA this is S5IRU roger, thanks for the call, your signal report is 559, the operator here is Marjan, my home (QTH) is Bistrica, slovenia. So how do you copy K8ASA this is S5IRU over
S5IRU this is K8ASA OK Marjan, fine business on all, your signal report is 579. My name is Jack. My home is Ohio. My equipment is a Kenwood TS 830 S running 100 watts to a G5RV antenna 35 feet above the ground. My age is 68 and have I been a ham only six months. Back to you Marjan S5IRU this is K8ASA over
K8ASA this is S5IRU roger fine business. Please send your county. I have 600 counties in USA. Break
Break roger county is Sandusky Break
Break roger roger Sandusky Thanks. I live on a mountain in country and(es) ski and watch sheep. You do good on CW for six months. How Break
Break Army and code 50 years ago Break
Break ok very good so Jack I will say 73(best wishes) and see you again. This is S5IRU I have nothing more(ar)sign off(VA) dit dit
This is K8ASA and to you 73 dit dit
Marjan sent me two wonderful QSL cards with pictures of himself and those mountains
Thursday, August 2, 2007
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- Jack Stahl
- One of the wonderful aspects of using Morse code as a communications mode is that it is very indifferent as to the operator’s age. A good fist (one who sends well) can be ten years old or one hundred. I say this is wonderful because I am happily enjoying my sixty ninth year. I am new to the hobby of amateur radio, however, since I passed my technician test in September of 2006 and was awarded the license and call sign of KD8EJY by the FCC. I then passed my General exam in November and was granted my vanity call sign request of K8ASA by the FCC Although I am new to the amateur radio hobby, I am not new to Morse code. The ASA in my call sign refers to the Army Security Agency who sent me to a special school in 1956 to become efficient in Morse code. I was sent to Ethiopia for two years to give the army the benefit of my new skill. While back in those days my knowledge of Morse code was beneficial to our national security, 51 years later it now brings me pure pleasure. There has been a hiatus of fifty years between my army discharge and my becoming a ham and I do truly regret the fact that I missed out on all those years of enjoyment with the amateur radio hobby.
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