HB9IQB traffic examples
The short wave transmissions of HB9IQB, Operator «Peri», were recorded by radio stations around the world.
K5ZD in Massachussetts (USA), for instance, recorded HB9IQB during the CQWW CW 2006 on November 26, 2006, at 23.30 UTC on 40 m. Listen for the 10th station in the recording (at 3:25 minutes).
CN2R from Morocco recorded HB9IQB during the CQWW CW 2005 on November 25, 2005, 18.25 UTC, on the 80 m band.
HB9IQB/5B4 from Cyprus in 1990
In July and August 1990, 23-years old Peri was active in Limassol, Cyprus, as HB9IQB/5B4, equipped with an Yaesu FT-757 GX II transceiver, a Hy-Gain 14 AVQ 4-band ground plane antenna as well as a Bencher CW iambic paddle. He established several thousand contacts with all continents. With a portable tape recorder he recorded on cassette a small part of his pen-and-pencil pile-up, generated from then rare CW DXCC entity 5B4 on the 20 m band (14'020 kHz at 14 UTC). Listen to the audio and read the typoscript. Further down you will find the commented typoscript, as well (explanations in red squared brackets). Peri's transmissions are in blue typeface, those of the other stations in green. The transcription includes a time-code in black squared brackets.
... 5nn bk
bk ja1izm tu qrz de hb9iqb/5b4 hb9iqb/5b4 k [00:22]
de
ua9wml
ua9wml
5nn bk
bk
de ua9wml ok ga ur rst 5nn 599 fb 73 tu
tu
oh8uv
oh8uv
5nn
tu
5nn
tu
ja?
de
jf8nwe
jf8nwe
5nn bk
r
ur 599 5nn de jf8nwe tu
r
tu qrz de hb9iqb/5b4 k
de
iv3lyz
iv3lyz
5nn bk
r
5nn tu
tu
de
yu3bm
yu3bm
5nn
cfm ur 5nn 73
tu
yu2nw
yu
2 2 3 nw 5nn bk
ga
yu2nw 5nn gl
tu
2nw tu
ee
de
hb9iqb/5b4 hb9iqb/5b4 pse qsl via hb9iqb via buro = qrz?
ik4noq
ik4noq
ik4noq
5nn bk
tk de ik4noq ga ga es tks ur 5nn 5nn es 73 73
tu
pa0ht
pa0ht 5nn bk [04:00]
... ga ur 5nn tks
tu cfm qrz?
ja1?
de jr1rez jr1rez bk [04:34]
je1rt7 5nn bk
j ... 1atz?
de jr1rez jr1rez bk
bk jr1rtz 5nn bk
qsl ur 5nn 5nn de jr1rez sk
r ez tu [05:18]
yff
de rv9cff 5nn
bk rv9c ...
Explanations of the traffic in red squared brackets.
... 5nn bk [... 5nn stands for the signal report, in fact 599, but the 9 is here abreviated. 599 relates to the rst system: r(eadability) 1-5, (s)ignal strenght 1-9 and tone (1-9). 599 is more or less the best report you can receive, but in fast traffic the maximum report is given to avoid slowing down by figuring out the exact values. The contact as such counts.]
bk ja1izm tu qrz de hb9iqb/5b4 hb9iqb/5b4 k [00:22] [Bk stands for break. JA1IZM is a Japanese station Peri just finished working. Tu means thank you. Qrz means who is calling me. De means from. HB9IQB/5B4 is Peri's temporary call sign in Cyprus, HB9 standing for Switzerland, IQB for his personal suffix, slash 5B4 means HB9IQB is teporarily active in Cyprus (5B4). A JA1 station transmits from the first Japanese Call area Kanto (Number 1 in the call sign) located in the middle of the country. K means come in anybody.]
de
ua9wml [from
UA9WML. UA stands for Russia (then SU), number 9 for the call area near the
Ural massive. UA9WML is calling Peri.]
ua9wml
5nn bk [Peri
confirms the call sign, sends the fast report und hands the key back to
UA9WML.]
bk
de ua9wml ok ga ur rst 5nn 599 fb 73 tu [Ga
stands for good afternoon, fb for fine business, 73 for greetings.]
tu
oh8uv
[OH8UV
from the eight Finnish district is calling Peri.]
oh8uv
5nn
tu
5nn
tu
ja?
[Peri
heared a Japanese station but could'nt copy.]
de
jf8nwe [It's
JF8NWE from Hokkaido Island in northern Japan.]
jf8nwe
5nn bk
r
ur 599 5nn de jf8nwe tu [R
means roger (o.k.), ur means your.]
r
tu qrz de hb9iqb/5b4 k
de
iv3lyz [IV3LYZ
from the Venice area in Italy (IV3) is calling Peri.]
iv3lyz
5nn bk
r
5nn tu
tu
de
yu3bm [YU3BM
from former Yugoslavia is calling Peri.]
yu3bm
5nn
cfm ur 5nn 73 [cfm means confirming.]
tu
yu2nw
[YU2NW
from former Yugoslavia is calling Peri.]
yu
2 2 3 nw 5nn bk [Peri
has difficulties to read his own handwriting in the logbook. He thinks the
two
is a three ...]
ga
yu2nw 5nn gl [Gl
stands for good luck.]
tu
2nw tu [02:45]
[Peri
corrects the number and suffix.]
ee
[YU2NW
taps twice on his morse key to confirm the correction.]
de
hb9iqb/5b4 hb9iqb/5b4 pse qsl via hb9iqb via buro = qrz? [Here
Peri tells the operators to send their confirmation paper card to the Swiss
Union of Radio operators from where he will get them in a big envelope some
months later and of course reply to them. (=) is a separation mark.]
ik4noq
ik4noq [IK4NOQ
from Italy (Ferrara region) calls Peri.]
ik4noq
5nn bk
tk de ik4noq ga ga es tks ur 5nn 5nn es 73 73
tu
pa0ht
[PA0HT
from the Netherlands calls Peri.]
pa0ht 5nn bk [04:00]
... ga ur 5nn tks
tu cfm qrz?
ja1?
de jr1rez jr1rez bk [04:34]
je1rt7 5nn bk
j ... 1atz?
de jr1rez jr1rez bk
bk jr1rtz 5nn bk
qsl ur 5nn 5nn de jr1rez sk [Qsl means I confirm.]
r ez tu [05:18] [Peri corrects the Japanese call sign suffix (ez instead of tz).]
yff [A partial call sign.]
de rv9cff 5nn [RV9CFF is a Russian Station from the Novosibirsk area.]
bk rv9c ...
