I was delighted to have a QSO with the famous amateur radio blogger, Bas PE4BAS, on 40 metres on Monday. We had an 11-minute chat on lower side bands. Bas wasn't strong with me - a 53 maximum - and I had some local electrical noise (probably Christmas lights!) on the first QRG, 7.107, so we then moved to 7.110 where we had better luck.
Bas is blogging about ham radio longer than me and his blog has found worldwide fame. We worked in December 2009, when my call sign was EI8GHB. This latest QSO was our first conversation in over six years, and our first with my call EI2KC.
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| Bas PE4BAS in his station in The Netherlands. |
In addition to being a great blogger and a passionate radio amateur, Bas is also a really lovely guy. A great ambassador for the hobby. I'm already looking forward to our next QSO.
In the meantime, if you haven't seen it already, don't forget to visit Bas's blog here:
Hello Anthony, thanks for the nice QSO. Have to practise my English, to much searching for words. I'm better writing it down as speaking. At least I'm famous now through your blog ;-). Till we meet again. 73, Bas
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