VINTAGE HAM RADIO QSL CARDS
EARLY QSL CONFIRMATION REPORT 1928 EWH2 Budapest, Hungaria
Rare Pre-HA Call Sign
HUNGARIAN RADIO AMATEUR SOCIETY
The Hungarian Radio Amateur Society celebrated in 2018 its 90th Anniversary. A union was formally created, but it was not yet viable. Activity on the short waves was considerably helped by the first international amateur radio conference held in Paris in April, 1925. The Conference defined the tasks of the amateurs, especially the formation of national organizations, the call sign regulation, the criteria of the amateur status and agreement on the rules of traffic. The International Amateur Radio Union was founded there. In Hungary radio amateurs launched their “H” camp in 1927. All these events, policy changes in Hungary and neighboring Austria and the issuance of the first EWH1 call sign opened the way to establish a real association. On January 2, 1928 - in a Danube embankment café - members of the “H” camp founded by acclamation the Union of the Hungarian Shortwave Amateurs (MRAE) and elected its board and officers. In the following years regular gatherings were held in a downtown café-restaurant and in the premises of MRAE.
Old QSL Cards are often displayed using tacks and hang around on a Radio Shack wall for years. This can have a negative