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Old Korean Ham Stations -
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HL1AA
- operated by Chung Hye-Sun OM in mid 1950s, one of very early Korean
ham station.
Shown under speaker with HL1AA call sign is BC-342, the most popular and
easily available military surplus CW/AM receiver in 1950s and 1960s in Korea
after Korean War, covering 1.8MHz-18MHz. You will see a lot of this receiver
on old station photos. He was very active on CW, making a lot of DX QSOs worldwide. (He was
only HL station well known worldwide at that time), though it was not an
officially licensed station. It was one of prehistoric HL station and one
of pioneer station of Korean ham radio. He is on the air now with
officially licensed ham station - DS2OAJ.
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HL2AG
- officially licensed to Engineering College, Han-Yang University as an Experimental Radio Station with Yoon Eun-Sang OM
in the picture (A
Student at the time. Currently KE2X in Texas, U.S.A.).
The Experimental Radio Station was licensed first in 1957 to
schools with HL2 prefix as a club station before Amateur Radio Stations
were first licensed in Korea in 1960. (Amateur Radio Station was not defined in Korean Radio
Law at that time and Experimental
Radio Station was the only available name in the law, hi) |
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HL2AO
- Another Experimental Radio Station licensed to Air Force Academy
in Jinhye with Seo Jung-Wook OM in the picture (HL1BX now. An Air Force officer at
the time). A lot of military communication gears in
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HL9TA
(HL0HQ now) - The first official Amateur Radio
Station in Korea licensed to Korean Amateur Radio League as a club station
on 7/19/59, the historical date in Korean ham radio, with home made CW/AM TX
prepared by HM1AK (HL2AK now) at the left (big but only 100W
output, hi). Still, there was no terminology of Amateur Radio in Korean
Radio Communication Law !! hi hi. However, the Ministry of Communication
finally licensed Amateur Radio Station officially !!! |
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QSL Card of HL9AA,
the ham station of American Ambassador to Korea - "Bill" William J.
Porter. |
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QSL Card of HL9US,
the club station of 8th. U. S. Army HQ in Yongsan, Seoul. |
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