S50B

I was born on January 1971. When I was 15, in the far 1986, I passed the exams for the C class in the former YU. I was allowed to work only from a club station YU3DAP (now S59DAP). In the 1987 , I passed the exams for the B class and I got my first personal callsign YT3TT. This was my callsign until in the October 1992.

Slovenia got the prefix S5, then I changed to S57AP. In 1996 I had a chance to change the callsign into a shorter one, S50B.

Now I live in city Ajdovscina, loc. JN65WV, with my wife Anita - S56KYL and I have two litle children, who makes a lot of qrm.

Every year I try to be active during major HF contests (CQ WW, WPX, EUHFC, IARU HFC...) and some local and international V/U/SHF contest (IARU, AlpeAdira...) Outside contest I active mostly on CW on all HF bands.

During my activity I reached some nice Awards: Mixed DXCC, WAZ, WPX, IARU All Continent, and others...

I am member of Radio club Nova Gorica; S53S, Slovenia Contest Club and ARRL.

About city Ajdovscina:

Ajdovščina Municipality covers a total area of 245 square kilometres and has a population of 17,798 people (2002) living in 45 settlements. Ajdovščina City has 6,000 inhabitants. Located in the Vipava valley, its origins may be traced back to the fortified settlement Castrum ad Fluvium Frigidum, situated on the road from Italy to Pannonia and the Balkans. The fortress was destroyed by Attila the Hun in the mid 5th century, however a wall with the 14 towers is quite well preserved. In 1507 the town was given trading rights.

Ajdovščina is the birthplace of Baroque painter Anton Cebej. Today the city is well known through the gallery that preserves art works by well-known Slovene painter and photographer Veno Pilon. The main cultural sites in the vicinity are Zemono Manor House, St Mary's church at Log, Leutemberg Castle above Lože, the village of Slap with its manor and monastery complex, rural buildings in Goše and Šmarje, the Tabor archaeological site above Črniče, Roman roads at Col and Hrušica, and the 13th-century settlement at Vipavski Križ.