QSO
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QSO
- (radio abbreviation, question) Can you communicate with ... direct or by relay?
- (radio abbreviation, statement) I can communicate with ... direct (or by relay through ...).
- (radio jargon, noun) A two-way amateur radio contact.
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QSO (plural QSOs)
- Initialism of quasi-stellar object. (a quasar)
- (dated) A radio-quiet quasar.
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QSO (third-person singular simple present QSOs, present participle QSOing, simple past and past participle QSOed)
- (transitive, intransitive, radio slang) To communicate (with) by means of amateur radio.
- 1993, CQ: The Radio Amateurs' Journal, volume 49, numbers 7-12, page 66:
- The basic award is issued when 500 countries have been successfully QSOed on the three bands.