23 June 06
Amateur Radio On The Football Pitch
I now have a reason to root for Ukraine (who joins Sweden, Holland, and Australia in my list of underdog favorites). One of their starting midfielders, Serhiy Rebrov, is a radio amateur. His callsign is UT5UDX and he likes to work radio contests using Morse code. He scored the second goal in Ukraine’s rout of Saudi Arabia four days ago. Ukraine now pairs off against Switzerland, the winner of lackluster Group G.
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