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68 73 Amateur Radio Today -June, 1992
Photo C. "Antenna Farm" on Snake Island.
"OSl CHEANOBYL. Box 17, 220012
Minsk, BELARUS:
(A liltle sidelight from the leller: Larry
remaries thaI his correspondence with
Wayne many years ago was noted by
the members of 100 KGB and he had B
chance 10 know the KGB's opinion 01
Wayne. Larry was told, "He is a line
exalTf)le 01a )'OUllg Ameriean (;apifa}..
ist. willing to expand its errJIire.· Does
thaI sound /ille Wayne?-AmieJ
BU LGARIA
Milen Postadshieff LZ2MP
eo. Box 237
700?Ru=
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First, thanks lor the replies from
some of 1tle 73 readers, which inCludee
KC 1YR. KB8AOB, N5VGC,
WABFlF, and G0NEE. Based on the
teedback 01 a questionnaire, I am providing
some background on ham radio
in Bulgaria lor this issue and will provide
so me information on the digital
modes in Bulgaria In tha fulure.
Ham RadiO in Bulgaria
To understand lhe ham radio activtty
from Bulgaria eene r, one has 10
bear in mind tbat the average salary
lor one month is aboul SSOUS. That is
why most 01 the private stations here
are running home-brew setups. According
10 the last LZ canbook, thefe
are about 1,200 ham rlkio stations in
Bulgaria, but I thir"M; about 400 01 them
may have working SSBlCW equipmart.
For eK8mp1e, here in Rosse, the
fourth largest LZ city with abou t
300,000 inhabitants. there are about
30 ham radio stations lisled. Bul only
seven or eight oIlhem have working
equipment and are active . Also. there
are only two 2 m et e r FM setups.
Therefore, the ham activity from here
is concenlrated In the LZ Radio cues.
You can recogni ze these clubs from
their three-leiter eutnx calls slarting
with a "K" for club, e.g. L.Z2KIM. Most
01 the clubs are so-ca lled "city clubs"
where all local hams are united. There
a re also ham radio c lubs at some
schools, universities, ractcnes, etc.,
Depending on the main lnleresl of the
merreers. some of the clubs are conlest,
10 :.: hunting, digital modes, etc.