Youth Operators in Action

My First Contact, Andreas Tsiakkouris, 5B4AQT Hello from the beautiful island of Cyprus! My name is Andreas and I am 12 years old. I was licensed in September 2022, one month before the CQWW SSB 2022 contest. In fact, my first-ever QSO was my first contact in this year’s CQ WW SSB contest with Marios, C4W! My father, 5B4AFM, has been an amateur radio operator and contester for many years and I was able to see him operate contests and sense the excitement and energy that went into every contest effort. The sound of HF radio and rapid-fashion QSOs was familiar to me but this year was my turn to have a go in the driver’s seat! I was able to operate for about 15 hours, enjoying every single contact…

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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2023

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