Over the past few months, I've had long QSOs with the following:
An Australian farmer
A leading US Immigration lawyer
Countless airline pilots (both in the air and on the ground!)
A recently retired robotic heart surgery specialist
A telecommunications company owner
A commercial fisherman
A shipping tanker captain (operational on amateur satellites!)
A tug captain
Several amateur astronomers
A large number of private pilots, all on the ground.
A forklift driver (/forklift mobile!)
A train driver (/train mobile)
A man taking his dog for a walk in Central Park, handheld via KQ2H repeater.
Numerous Vietnam war veterans
A former submariner
An operator at the Swedish Naval Communications Centre
A meteorologist in the Arctic
A couple of scientists in Antarctica, both at base and /P
A hot air balloon, aeronautical mobile station in Russia
There are probably many others I've forgotten. Still, the take-home message is: we should promote this aspect of amateur radio, because nowhere else in life do you get the opportunity to share the world with so many interesting people from such a range of backgrounds
1 comment:
Hello John, never see it like this. Interesting article. I can remember long time ago an normal question during a QSO was "What is your occupation". The last time I was asked is at least 20 years ago. These days people seems to be more interested in 59 73. Sometimes you can read more about a the person you spoke to on QRZ.com. But not everyone shares his "private" life these days. 73, Bas
(If you ever have a QSO with me. You talked to a garden equipment mechanic ;-) )
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