A. GENERAL
– Name – Spas Spassov
– Born – Nov., 1946
– Education – Msc.E.E. – 1970 – High Mechanical and Electrical Institute – Sofia
– Married, two daughters, five grandchildren
B. Job Activity
– Up to 1974 – Bulgarian Academy of Science
– Up to the end of career – working with different FTO’s in the sphere of communication and energy equipment.
– In the periods 1978/1982 and 1986/1987 – Assistant Commercial Counsellor – Trade Srction of Bulgarian Embassy in Karachi, Pakistan and in 1996/1999 – Commercial Counsellor to the Bulgarian Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine
– Retired in 2005.
C. Ham activity
– Ham since 1965
– Licensed as LZ1HW in 1973.
(N.B. – Licence was issued as to a citizen of the Southern part of Bulgaria,, where I was living at that time. Nowadays I am living in the Northern part of the country and as per the rules of Bulgarian PTT and BFRA, have to use ‘’/2’’after my callsign for daily activity (excluding contests, where I may use LZ1HW).
– QRT between 1987 to 2007
– DXCC wkd/cfmd – 313/311
– Favourite modes of working – CW (99% of QSO’s), DXing, pile-ups.
D. Equipment – TS590S, ACOM 1000, verticals, wires.
This biography is what appeared in Solid Copy when the member joined CWops.