I started with amateur radio very early. In 1958, I enrolled in a course at the pioneer home in Tarnovo to study radiotelegraphy. During our training, we had the opportunity to visit the pioneer radio station LZ2KBS and see how shortwave radio connections are established. This interested me a lot, […]
Veliko Tarnovo
A Real Radio-Ham YORDAN GAYDAROV: I was in eighth grade when a girl came to enroll in a radiotelegraphy course. I had heard about Morse code and had even listened to telegraph signals when I was “walking” on the short waves of our home radio. They enrolled me almost by […]
Despite the fact that I was born in Sofia in 1943, my family moved to Tarnovo at that time. After 1965, Tarnovo received its real name Veliko Tarnovo, due to its greatness as the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. My family lived in my grandfather’s house, which was on […]
LZ2KAC / LZ2KBA LZ2KAC /after 196…2/3??/= LZ2KBA Anniversary initials: LZ13CWT LZ40KBA LZ2KAC THE BEGINNING In 1946, the “Union of Radio Technicians in Bulgaria” was established, which later transformed into the “People’s Union for Sports and Technology” and then into the “Voluntary Organization for Defense Assistance” This marked the true beginning […]
The beginning was around 1949, when training activities for radio operators began. Teachers were professional radio operators from TABSO at the airport in Oryahovitsa. Training of radio operators in Oryahovitsa. The photo is from 1952-54. In May 1953, the amateur radio station LZ2KAF was opened with Boyan Adzharov (sk), who […]