QSL of the Month: JT1YL

JT1YL (home call OK1KX) was Milada (Mila) Klouckova. Her husband was Ludvik Kloucek, JT1AA (OK1KW). In 1957/58 Ludvik was a radio operator at the Czechoslovak Embassy in Ulan Bator, Mongolia’s capital. Mongolia was in great demand on the ham bands, not just for a new country, but for CQ Zone 23. Ludvik decided to get on the air with a homemade call sign, JT1AA. The Mongolian government tracked him down, but a few strings were pulled and Ludvik was given the official call JT1AA, while Mila was given JT1YL. They were both very active on 15- and 20-meter CW. This was the only activity from Zone 23 at the time. They operated in the 1958 CQWW DX contest. Milada went QRT on December 29, 1958. They returned to Prague on…

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