QSO

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Translingual

Symbol

QSO

  1. (radio slang, question) Can you communicate with ... direct or by relay?
  2. (radio slang, statement) I can communicate with ... direct (or by relay through ...).

English

Noun

QSO (plural QSOs)

  1. Initialism of quasi-stellar object. (a quasar)
  2. (dated) A radio-quiet quasar.

Verb

QSO (third-person singular simple present QSOs, present participle QSOing, simple past and past participle QSOed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, radio slang) To communicate (with) by means of amateur radio.
    • 1993, CQ: The Radio Amateurs' Journal (volume 49, issues 7-12, page 66)
      The basic award is issued when 500 countries have been successfully QSOed on the three bands.

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