Radio Friends for 49 Years The Story of DL7JK and W4YO

摘要

On February 2, 1961, I had my first QSO with Klaus, DL7JK, of Berlin, Germany. After the exchange of the usual first-contact info about signal strength, QTH, name, rig, and weather, I told him of my upcoming trip to his city the following fall to spend an academic year at the Free University of Berlin. Our first contact was on 10 meters phone and lasted for 34 minutes (see QSL card, photo B). The next day, we ran into each other again on 10 meters and picked up where we had left off the day before. Since that time, these contacts have continued in one form or another to the present day, be they QSOs, letters, e-mails, telephone calls, Christmas cards, or in-person visits.