There are many well-known personalities, or if you want celebrities, who are devoted to the same hobby as we are - amateur radio. Probably the most famous monarch among radio amateurs was Hussein I, His Majesty the King of Jordan - JY1, followed by the names of George Pataki, Sonia Ghandi, Anton von Habsburg, Marlon Brando, Priscilla Presley...
Koncom tohto mesiaca sa bude konať „His Majest King of Spain contest“ a tak, ako prvého by som Vám rád predstavil Jeho veličenstvo kráľa Španielska, Juana Carlosa I. – EA0JC. Obľúbený šesťdesiatpäťročný kráľ je náruživým jachtárom, letcom a rádioamatérom, ba 23.februára 1981 mu tento koníček zachránil život.
On Maundy Thursday 1956, a tragedy occurred when Juan Carlos accidentally shot his brother. That day, the brothers were visiting Estoril, Portugal. Juan Carlos accidentally got his hands on a gun that fired... Fourteen-year-old Alfonso died in his father's arms a few minutes later.
At that time, he also thought about going to a monastery, where he would spend the rest of his life, but they finally talked him out of it. Four decades ago, he married Princess Sofia of Greece, with whom they have three children and five grandchildren.
He earned the sympathy of the people not only by overcoming the regime, but also by modesty. His Zarzuela Palace on the outskirts of Madrid resembles a larger villa. That's his too QTH. Royal spending is under control, which is unusual.
When he was ten years old, he was sent alone without his parents to an uncertain fate at the request of the dictator Franco to Spain. Franco blackmailed his father - if you don't send the boy to me, your family will never sit on the throne again. He decided to raise the boy in his image, declared him his rightful successor. In 1975, Juan Carlos became king after Franco's death.
However, he did not become the unlimited ruler that Franco dreamed of, he showed ambition and dedicated his life to building democracy. In the aforementioned 1981, there was an attempted coup organized by former Franco loyalists. Gunmen stormed the parliament and took the deputies hostage, but the king was not among them. He managed to contact the head of the soldiers via radio and the rebellion was suppressed.
In 1995, the Basque terrorist organization ETA attempted to assassinate the king. However, her intentions were revealed. Even today, the Spanish political scene is not less tense.
Značku EA0JC nájdete najpravdepodobnejšie na 20 m. V jeho kolekcii je doteraz viac ako 3 800 QSL lístkov zo všetkých kútov sveta. Podmienky „His Majest King of Spain contest“ nájdete na https://www.sk3bg.se/contest/kingofsp.htm.