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YO2BS - 50 YEARS ON THE AIR
op. Aurel Sahleanu QTH : Timisoara ROMANIA
I Was born 73 years ago in the city of Timisoara, almost a half million
inhabitants, which is the second large city in Romania after Bucharest,the
capital city.
In the ancient times this territory was populated by Trac tribes (from the Greek
branch), which where defeat by the Romans in the year 101­106 a.C. and so
they become a part of the Roman Empire during almost 200 years in the
beginning of the new era after Christ.
So, the Romanian language is very similar to the other Latin roots languages and for us is very easy to
understand Italien, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
The history of our town begins 750 years before,when there has been built a military stonghold,which
ruins can be seen till to day in the middle of the city. The first written document found from this period
was from mid of the 13th century.
In the 16­17 century the ancient city was under the Turkeys government and than in the 18­19 century
under the dual Austrian­Hungary Empire. In the beginnig of the 20­th century, after the first World War,
the region of Transylvania (in the center of the country) and the Banat county, (in the extremely western
corner of Romania) which capital city is Timisoara become a part of Romania, been populated in
majority by romanians.
At the present time Timisoara is a big university and industrial city, with a Sciences University,a famous
Technical University and a well known Medical University, with all about 150 000 students. There are
also many factorys,in special electrical,chemstry and construction companies. We have many parks,
hotels, restaurants, an opera­house,
a philarmonya,three theaters,a nice football and athletics stadium, a big orthodox cathedral,and much
more others.
Now about me :
My profession is eletro­engineer,reired now for 10 years. I was
working 40 years in the field of electronics,among them 25 years as
chief of the Technical Department of the Romanian Radio and
Television Broadcasting Corporation,Directorate for the West of the
country with the base in Timisoara. I am married with a charmy lady
which is my wife and we have two sons,both of them electroengineers,but
no one like to become a HAM. The olderst,emigrate in
Canada works for an electronic company in Toronto,and the
youngest which emigrate in Germany works by the Siemens
Company in Ludwigshafen.
Do have a pretty niece from my oldest son and a lovely nephew from
the youngest son. May be they would like to become HAMs,who
knows…
My only hobby is amateur radio,and especially DX­hunting on the
VHF bands. Don’t like contests and UHF work…HI
[ HAM­MAG N.14 March 2010 ]