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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Jan 17, 2020 · W4LSG describes some basics for making your first ham radio QSO contact. How do you find and access a repeater (frequency, offset, PL tone)? How do you join a ham radio QSO?
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...
What is the basic format for a QSO? How should I answer to "CQ", how do I know when it is my turn to answer, when should I give the report, etc.?
