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Oct 8, 2021 · While it mainly applies to radio contact, a face to face meeting between hams is often called an “eyeball QSO” in yet another variant of ham-speak. So what constitutes a QSO, anyway? Since it means contact, at minimum it would be an exchange of call signs over the air.
Jun 4, 2019 · But what’s a QSO?” QSO is another of Ham Radio’s Q-Signals. These were developed in the early days of radio as shorthand to simplify communication—primarily to abbreviate what was sent via Morse Code and also between different language speaking operators.
Oct 8, 2021 · The three steps in the IARU definition of a valid QSO can be summarized as: 1) exchange callsigns 2) exchange signal report or other information and 3) confirm that #1 and #2 happened. This still leaves some gray area when it comes to deciding whether a QSO was valid or not.
Apr 15, 2019 · The best QSO Mapping toos will help you represent your contacts on a world map, and to share them with your fellow hams.
To conduct a voice or phone QSO you have two choices: You can call “CQ” or you can answer someone who is calling CQ. A CQ is simply a general call to no one in particular. It is the traditional way of seeking random contacts.
Mar 4, 2023 · A QSO in ham radio is a communication or “contact” between two amateur radio operators using voice or Morse code. It can be a simple exchange of callsigns and signal reports, or a longer conversation about various topics.
The exchange usually consists of an initial call, a response by another amateur radio operator at an amateur radio station, and a signal report. A contact is often referred to by the Q code QSO. It is often limited to just a minimal exchange of such station IDs.
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QSO was often used in the early days of amateur radio when the range of a station was limited and stations relayed messages from one to another. Nowadays, we mostly use QSO as a noun, meaning a contact with another station.
The QSO Today Academy is the off shoot of the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo, ham radio's first fully virtual amateur radio convention, created in August 2020, during the Covid-19 Pandemic when...
