CQ Amateur Radio

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

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