A contact is often referred to by the Q code QSO. It is often limited to just a minimal exchange of such station IDs. Stations who have made a contact are said to have worked each other. An …

QSO was often used in the early days of amateur radio when the range of a station was limited and stations relayed messages from one to another. Nowadays, we mostly use QSO as a …

Oct 8, 2021 · While it mainly applies to radio contact, a face to face meeting between hams is often called an “eyeball QSO” in yet another variant of ham-speak. So what constitutes a …

Your first contact or conversation (QSO) can be quite daunting. For that reason it might be an idea to arrange a QSO with a friend, or someone else in your radio club.

Jun 21, 2025 · QSO (plural QSOs) Initialism of quasi-stellar object (“a quasar ”). (dated) A radio-quiet quasar.

Jun 4, 2019 · A QSO is another word for “contact,” as in “I made 783 QSOs during Field Day last year!” or “Making QSOs with European stations was difficult during the contest.”

Nov 1, 2025 · In this episode of QSO Today, we sit down with Jack Schuster, W1WEF, whose amateur radio journey spans more than 73 years. From building his first crystal set at age 10 …

5 days ago · FSQ (Fast Simple QSO) is an audio-frequency modulated digital mode (DIGIMODE) in Amateur Radio. It is used like other sound-card digimodes (PSK-31, RTTY, OLIVIA, THOR, …

Print this page and keep it close by in your shack. You don’t need to follow this to the letter – in fact as you gain confidence you’ll find yourself going off-script as the conversation takes you …

Contacts / QSOs on the HF amateur radio bands can be split down into a number of transmissions or "overs". While some contacts may be longer than others and contain more …