My first exposure to Morse code happened in 8th grade in Gorna Oryahovitsa. Out of curiosity, I enrolled in a telegraphy course taught by Petko Nikolov, a commercial radio operator at TABSO airlines.<\/p>\n
I progressed quickly. Recognizing my aptitude, Nikolov began bringing me to the local radio club located in an attic room. The station operated a 25-Watt homebrew transmitter into a Windom antenna.<\/p>\n
After completing the course, I logged my first CW contacts under his supervision while building up my speed.<\/p>\n
When my family moved to Dimitrovgrad, I immediately joined the local radio club headed by Mladen ( Using the club’s training equipment, I pushed my receiving speed to 100 characters per minute. After passing my Class „C“ exam, I began operating legally from club station LZ1KRA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n During my military service, my telegraphy skills earned me an immediate placement in the active duty signal group.<\/p>\n Later, my family relocated to Lyaskovets. I joined club station LZ2KLC<\/strong>, which had been left without active operators.<\/p>\n The station transmitter ran a single GU-50 tube, connected to an 80-meter long-wire antenna anchored directly to the local church dome. Despite the crude setup, the station produced great signal reports worldwide.<\/p>\n For the 1966 National Championship, we deployed to the plateau above Lyaskovets. Operating next to a TV relay tower with a G5RV antenna, our team claimed 3rd Place nationally<\/strong>.<\/p>\n New members joined the team, including Stefan Krastev ( As a student at Veliko Tarnovo University, I also joined regional club station LZ2KBA<\/strong>, managed by Hristo Devdzhiev and later Ivan Popov ( In 1971, I began working at Radio Stara Zagora, joining club stations Memoirs by Jordan Gaydarov (LZ1UC)<\/em><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":1374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,456],"tags":[1578,1575,1577,1576,476,1551,1574,1579],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-radiolyubiteli","category-sinya-krav","tag-lz1kra-","tag-lz1uc","tag-lz2kba--","tag-lz2klc-","tag-476","tag-1551","tag-1574","tag-1579","czr-hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nLZ2MC<\/code> – sk).<\/p>\n2. Building Up LZ2KLC in Lyaskovets<\/h2>\n
LZ2DB<\/code> – sk), Todor Papazov (LZ1WR<\/code>), Pavlina Dzhipova, Pepa, Dora, and Elena. I was appointed station manager, turning LZ2KLC<\/code> into one of the country’s most active stations.<\/p>\n3. Veliko Tarnovo (LZ2KBA) and Personal Callsign LZ1UC<\/h2>\n
LZ2SA<\/code>).<\/p>\nLZ2KBA<\/code> featured superior hardware, including a 1 kW transmitter. During major contests, I operated from LZ2KLC<\/code>, while operators Nikolay Pisarov (LZ2JF<\/code>) and Angel Lichev (LZ2UG<\/code>) ran LZ2KBA<\/code>.<\/p>\nLZ1KSZ<\/code> and LZ1KWT<\/code>. In 1988, I was officially issued my individual callsign \u2014 LZ1UC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n