73: Are there a lot of female hams there. It's possi ble, however, to ing widespread here, especially special pocket to calcu­ in the Soviet Union? subscribe to some Western jour­ after the publication in Radio of late orbits using Karl Meinzer's nals. the detailed construction plans for DJ4ZC program. l.L.: Not so many- even less the Radio 86 RK. It's a co mputer than here. Most hams' girlfriends 73: Is OS Tavailable? lor amateur radio purposes that 73: Can you relate any specrncar­ tolerate their hobby until they get uses a Russian version of the mte! Iy Russian ham jargon words? married, and then completely re­ l.L.: We get it only by reproduc­ 8080 . Many hams ject it. lion. As welt, it arrives late, and we have bum this computer. l .l.: There's one I can think of. There are exceptions, however. don'l get to spend much time with We often address each other as 'run UA3HR's XYL, Alia RA3AZ, it. We get this at the library. A lot of 73: There is a Russian version of r oe Ishort for tcvansbcn, mean­ just got her ticket. She's very keen hams also get a magazine by their an Apple model called the . Is ing "comrade"- Ed.} on amateur radio and helped us " personal route." IBlack market­ this popular among hams? quite a bit to prepare lor this DX­ Ed} pedition. lolo: A few hams have ii, bUI it's 73: Well, we've arrived at the end 73: Do you have any weU·known nol very popular, mainly because of the interview. One last ques­ 73: Is Radio the best known jour. people from diverse backgrounds it's so expensive. Another rela­ tion: Do you lifld a big difference nat lor amateur radio in the Soviet who are hams? We have from the tively popular computer is the between hams here and in the S0­ Union? US, lor example, Barry Goldwater Mikrosha, issued 10 induslry. The viet Union? K7UGA a well-known statesman, E/eldronika VK-Q010 is a micro­ L.L.: Yes. and Marlin Branda F08GJ, a well­ computer issued 10 scncce. but l .l.: Yes, and this isa poinl I want known movie actor, to name a it's lairly popular among hams, to emphasize. Ma ny amateurs 73: Is there a journal devoted en­ few . too. here have a great interest in the tirely to amateur radio? We have several at latest developments in the hobby. l.l.: No, there are no such people home. For example, the Sinclair I encourage Soviet hams to begin L.L.:Unfortunalely, no. in the USSR. {There was, howev­ ZX spectrum, lor which I have a lot to focus more on the technical er, Yuri Gagarin UA n o, the first 01 amateur radio programs for side of amateur radio. We have 73: Is it hard to lind amateur radio man in space-Ed.} satellite communications and HF a lot of " sccnmen. veucn as jou rna ls from t he w est i n propagation. My son and I built OX contesters, b ut we reall y ? For example, can you 73: Do Soviet hams have micro­ several computers, including the need to get more experimen ters, buy 73 Magazine in Moscow? computers? Radio 86 RK. We also have the more people interested in keep­ E/ektronika 0010, and I recently ing up with tne retest develop­ L.l.: It's impossible to bUy it l.lo: Microcomputers are beccm- boughlthe Sharp DC-1276. It's a men ts.fJI

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