A Typical QSO

 

Though Amateur Radio Operators (HAM) talk over Radios throughout the year irrespective of any lockdown, because this is what the Hobby is. There are "Daily Net", "Weekly Net", "Special Net" and sometime "Emergency Net". There are many HAM who check in the Net on regular basis, few come on air as and when they get time, but during this COVID-19 Lockdown more and more HAM started coming on air. As during the summer season because of the "Duct" formation here in Gujarat , VHF/UHF signals travel long distance (DX) so Gujarat HAM enjoy DXing over 2m / 70 cm bands. This is the time for HAM to set right their "Working Conditions" for pleasant and comfortable QSO with 5/9 report.

A typical QSO goes like this :  

Time 7.30 AM, I put on my Kenwood TM-V71A and tuned to frequency 145.500 Mhz. 

VU2OPX : CQ CQ CQ this is VU2OPX calling and standing by. (silence of a minute). Anybody on frequency, please copy VU2OPX.

VU2RTG : VU2RTG ! Good morning Shardul. VU2OPX-VU2RTG

VU2OPX : Good Morning Rajubhai. Thanks for coming back to my call. You are 5/9++. How do you copy me? Over. 

VU2RTG : VU2OPX-VU2RTG returning. Shardul you are 5/9++ on my 6 element Yagi facing towards South. I reinstalled it yesterday evening and want to test it 

with some other stations now. The height of the mast is only 15 feet. I don't know how is the band condition now. Over.

VU2OPX : VU2RTG-VU2OPX returning. Thanks for 5/9++ report. Please give CQ call. Over.

VU2RTG : CQ CQ CQ this is VU2RTG calling and standing by. (nothing heard). O.K. Shardul go ahead. We will wait for some more time. Over.

VU2OPX : VU2RTG-VU2OPX. Rajubhai in the meantime I have put-on my handy. With its 15 inch long whip antenna and I can copy you full scale inside my shack.  I will give next transmission from handy. VU2RTG-VU2OPX 

Break !! Break !! VU3MNP

VU2RTG : VU3MNP-VU2RTG returning. Good Morning Mahesh bhai.You are 5/9. Loud and clear audio. Band is open now. I wanted to test my Yagi which is in your 

direction, and Shardul you are still 5/9. Maheshbhai how do you copy me? VU3MNP-VU2RTG.

Break !! Break !! VU3JOG ....Break !! VU2JMN

VU3MNP : VU2RTG-VU3MNP returning. Good morning Rajubhai , Good morning Shardul bhai. Rajubhai I copy you 5/9+ and Shardul 5/9. I come daily but not able to copy Baroda, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar stations, but today band is open. Who else is on air, do let me know. VU2OPX-VU3MNP.

VU2OPX : VU3MNP-VU2OPX. You are 5/9 at my end. WOW !! Great VU3JOG and VU2JMN joining. Good morning Suresh. You are 5/5 at my end.We have VU2RTG 

and VU3MNP on side. VU2JMN is new call sign. Good morning old man. This is VU2OPX, handle Shardul, QTH Baroda. You are 5/8. We have VU3MNP 

Maheshbahi from Valsad, VU3JOG Suresh from Jamnagar and VU2RTG Rajubhai from Baroda. Please let us know your handle, QTH and working condition. Then you can pass it on to VU2RTG. VU2JMN-VU2OPX.

VU2JMN : VU2OPX-VU2JMN returning. Good morning everyone on frequency. You are 5/9 , VU2RTG and VU3MNP are  5/9++ My handle is Jayesh and QTH 

Navsari. I am using old Icom Radio and simple round plane Antenna on 20 feet high mast. I do not copy VU3JOG. Over to you Rajubhai. VU2RTG-VU2JMN. 

VU2RTG : VU2JMN-VU2RTG returning. Good morning Jayesh bhai. I copy you 5/9++. I am using Yagi which is in you direction. Today band condition is excellent. 

Good morning Suresh. You are 5/5 though my Yagi is not in your direction. I will rotate my Yagi in Jamnagar direction. Please QRX.....O.K. Suresh now my Yagi is in your direction. How do you copy me now? VU3JOG-VU2RTG.

VU3JOG : VU2RTG-VU3JOG returning. God morning every one. Now I copy you 5/9+ blasting signals. But I do not copy VU3MNP and VU2JMN. Please convey my 

regards to both. Shardul bhai copy you 5/9. Today Band is open between Jamnagar and Baroda. Here WX is humid and little windy. Go ahead Shardul bhai. 

VU2OPX-VU3JOG. Over.

VU2OPX : VU3JOG-VU2OPX returning. Thanks Suresh for all info. VU3MNP do you copy Suresh? Over.

VU3MNP : VU2OPX-VU3MNP returning. No I do not copy Suresh. VU2JMN is 5/9++ . Good morning Jayesh bhai. Can you come on 145.000 for short QSO? 

VU2JMN-VU3MNP.

VU2JMN : VU3MNP-VU2JMN. OK Mahesh bhai QSYing to 145.000. 73 all. Thanks for wonderful QSO. Hope to see you down the log. 73 again. VU2RTG please take 

the over. Bye.

VU2RTG : VU2JMN-VU2RTG returning. Thanks Jayesh bhai and Mahesh bhai for short QSO. 73. Go ahead Suresh VU3JOG-VU2RTG.

VU3JOG : VU2RTG-VU3JOG group. After a long time today I am having QSO with Baroda stations and very excited,because under normal condition it is not 

possible. My morning QTH is on. So I say 73 to all. Hope to see you again tomorrow morning. VU2OPX-VU3JOG.

VU2OPX : VU3JOG-VU2OPX returning. 100% copy. Still maintaining 5/9 report. Thanks for joining. Good day and 73. See you again. Bye. VU2RTG-VU2OPX

VU2RTG : VU2OPX-VU2RTG. OK thanks Suresh. 73. See you again. Shardul let us continue for another 10-15 minutes. 

Let me rotate my Yagi towards Gandhinagar. .......Any station from Gandhinagar? Please call VU2RTG. Over.

VU3DSJ : VU3DSJ Good morning Raju bhai. You are like FM station 5/++. How do you copy me ? Over.

VU2RTG : VU3DSJ-VU2RTG returning. Good morning Dipak bhai. Thanks for good report. You are also 5/9. We have VU2OPX also on frequency. VU2OPX-VU2RTG.

VU2OPX : VU2RTG-VU2OPX returning. Thanks for the mike. Good morning Dipak bhai. You are 5/9 at my end. Today band is fully open. We just had QSO with 

Valsad, Navsari and Jamnagar stations. They just signed off. 

Break !! Break!! VU2XW

Oo great VU2XW joining. Good morning Arvind bhai. You are 5/9. We have VU2RTG and VU3DSJ on side. Over to you Arvind bhai. VU2XW-VU2OPX "

................ and the QSO goes on like this......so many HAM join daily VU2YC (Ketan), VU2LB (Lalit), VU3ZUG (Anopsinh), VU3DVA (deepak), VU2CPV (Praveen), VU3IKI (K K), VU3VDC (Vitthal), VU3OZW (Nanu), VU3OZJ (Kaushal), VU2UTZ (Dinyar), VU2MAU (Adhir), VU3PJI (Bhadresh), VU3MKH (Malav), VU3PKA (Anil), VU2PCD (Pradeep), VU3PMU (Sunny), VU2VMJ (Virdesh), VU3KBU (Abi), VU2QBX (Chirag), VU2KYZ (Ashok), VU2JRT (Jagdish), VU2TPF (Jignesh), VU2EHY (Manoj)