Abandoned Mansion Of A Portuguese Radio Amateur *Found His Radio Room*

[@ec1ame]

Cool video.. I´m into amateur radio... the cards on the wall are called QSL cards. Each of them confirms a QSO (radio chat) .. cheking them carefully I notice the owner of that home had this call sign: CT1ZB and even noticed a card sent by a friend of mine. I sent him the video and he told me he remmembers that man being a very active "radio man".... thanks for the vid. By the way: thousands of amateur radio ops are still active....despite internet.

[@leonredbon]

De ka2wcc/py2

[@satoriankh3480]

It would be cool to know more about this man and why he left everything of its passion here in the house.

[@veronicamensch3160]

My oldest brother was into ham radio and many years ago he asked me to find someone here where I live so he could talk with me via that because it was cheaper than phone calls. Sadly he was killed in a car accident many years ago.

[@MartinInAmsterdam]

Also radio amateur PC4MAR

[@gannonnathan7058]

I know Im asking the wrong place but does anybody know of a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I somehow forgot my password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!

[@philipchretienkarlsson8157]

My Swedish uncle Lasse also was a ham radio amateur...I can remember his calling code, and whenever you were on the air, you had to have your calling code followed with the words: "Calling C.Q, calling C.Q"! I loved it, and never forgot these wonderful moments spent with my uncle! So...thanks ffor the memory, and cheers to the both of you! Philip

[@kd8qhw830]

You can become an operator :) It's pretty easy. If I can do it anyone can :)

[@marcocolombo2428]

Hey Philip! Why don't you consider becoming an ham radio operator? It's easy and you will have a ton of fun!

[@philipchretienkarlsson8157]

@@marcocolombo2428 Well, what a strange suggestion...what's the catch, this time? This idea seems a bit...corny! PS: it's nothing mean, of course, just humourous, but could it be a friend of mine who suggested that you contact me? It so happens that he knows that I already have a collection of antique radios which I don't know where to display, because of a lack of space! But yes,as one of those new "micro enterprises", I could open a radiorelay. what would be hard to find, though, is some vintage equipment, in a working or restorable shape

[@philjohnson2611]

The cards you see in the radio room are called "QSL" cards. They are sent by post as a confirmation of the contact (called a QSO) you had with another amateur station. Certain organizations gave special award certificates for talking to (or "working" as we call it) different countries, etc. Great video all around. Thanks for putting it up.

[@COMPOUNDCOLLECTIVE]

Those QSL cards were also used back in the early days of CB radios, the 1970s and before.

[@keepingitreal215]

I wonder why so many people disappear? Where do they go? Why leave their things behind? Even if the couple died, why family doesn't come to remove items?

[@kathynfelix8083]

Yess why. So sad

[@BrosOfDecay]

This I find to be very strange every time I visit abandoned places!

[@dxpirate5738]

I didont see alot in the shack

[@poly_hexamethyl]

0:30 I wonder why he left all his QSL cards behind? After working so hard to accumulate so many, I would have thought he'd take them along when he moved!

[@mariogarridopt]

he died

[@dxpirate5738]

Sad

[@soledadlopezordorica8197]

BROS OF DECAY. ¡¡¡ THE BEST!!!

[@merdeleja]

I love your videos, I’m Portuguese and when you find the “armour certificate” it’s actually a love certificate it’s just something cheesy you can find in stores very used in the 80s 90s. In the kitchen it wasn’t recipes it was children’s homework! It seems to me that squatters lived in there. Women were allowed to go in the their husbands hobby rooms but only to clean never to enjoyed! Keep exploring homes in Portugal I love to watch them and how careful you are with everything!

[@georginapantoja7962]

Hello Lesley and Jordy! Excellent work in the video. But We are can not made any construction of not approved with the permits because the authority want your home is safe because not always the foundations support more weight. Why many antiques left abandoned ?. Thank you are always very nice and polite person. Stay safe and many hugs 👋🇺🇸🙏😇😘👍👌😻😍💖

[@elizabethtorres6069]

🤔 How the heck did this gentleman get those Post Cards all the way up in that tall ceiling? Permit or no permit, I would have finished myself the best I could with what I had. I couldn't see myself abandoning my home. He had several business, then sell one! My family and home comes first. 🏡🙄👍🏻

[@bambi4410]

You read my mind... It take a super tall latter to get to the ceiling!! And where is it !?? 🤔Or maybe he was like spider man😂

[@cynthiasarkis2334]

Your voice and the way you talk are so relaxing 🥰🥰🥰

[@jjsmith8956]

He is adorable! Too bad I'm an old granni. LOL!

[@marialaing7130]

JJ Smith He IS adorable!! I’m an old grandma, too, (75 years young) but I still recognize an adorable young man! I love his voice, too. Sure makes watching these videos enjoyable with his narration! Love those blown kisses and “I love you”s, too. Nice to hear even when you know you’ll never meet or actually get a kiss. My oldest grandson is about a year or so older than Leslie. My grandson is also adorable. I love every minute I get to be with him which is not nearly as often as I’d like but I know he is on his way to his own life. I feel wistful being such an old woman. My heart still beats young!!!! 💓💓 💋💋

[@Rob2]

The QSL cards are sometimes sent by regular post, but usually via "the QSL bureau" which is a private postal system run by radio amateur societies. He would have visited some local club of radio amateurs once a month or so, and handed over the QSL cards he wrote and receive the cards that others wrote to him (which are sent as large packages by regular post between the amateur radio societies all over the world). This system saved on postage as many cards were collected and sent in a single batch. Disadvantage is that it could easily take a year for your card to finally show up.

[@mlfeathers7527]

That stain glass window is very beautiful and also very valuable.

[@DollsAndSpooks]

I don't understand how they couldn't get permits even though they have LOADS OF MONEY. And here I though money could get get things running.

[@arshiaamreen7853]

DollsAndSpooks no as I knw as per my knowledge in France they are not supposed to renovate or also demolish a building which is 100 years old or so ! To maintain the old vintage look their legacy !i heard this when I was living in Paris ! Correct me if I m wrong someone who is French ! But m sure this is the reason they dint get permit

[@garybolton7916]

The part @ 3:47 is from a very common "grinder" that can be used to grind meat or root vegetables. I actually have a couple of the and they work very well. The rest of it, the housing, would clamp to the table or bench and a bowl or pan under the end would catch whatever you were grinding.

[@filipaaalima]

4:23 those are definitely not for cooking... someone was learning french you guys, basic french really 😂 portuguese one here! haha

[@leticiaalexandra5303]

You´re right. I realized it immediately and was going to comment on it. There´s one page where it says "Math" too. And the date on the papers is 2003, after the house was abandoned (1995).

[@horseathalt7308]

@bros of decay The real center piece of the radio room was the transceiver. They are very expensive items and good units can cost thousands of dollars. He probably had a high power amplifier too which may have cost as much as 10000 usd

[@damien706]

Looked like there was a spot on the lung :'(

[@honigmonster]

yep. There was a shadow.

[@damien706]

I wonder where the two sons are, they are surely still alive?

[@instrumentfixer35yearsexp90]

All the radio equipment is gone with only an old school tape recorder left

[@lynedesilets7555]

HI Leslie, another great video! Hope to see you back soon....Take care both of you!

[@jordanlever7857]

Fantasic place. I wonder how the man was able to attach those QSL cards up on that high ceiling. Never saw such a thing before!

[@AprilRaine60]

THE NEW NAME FOR A DESIGNATED AREAS SET ASIDE FOR A MAN IS "MAN CAVE!"

[@BrosOfDecay]

Haha true thanks April :)

[@mlfeathers7527]

Your channel is a great distraction from social isolation. You do a great job. Thank you!

[@braintrusts]

Internet did not replace Amateur Radio. There continues to be over 2 million licensed Ham Radio operators throughout the World. Great video!!

[@bigpimp347]

Internet just killed Amateur radio..

[@braintrusts]

@@bigpimp347 You might think so, but here in the U.S., there are ~750,000 licensed amateurs; the number of submissions for contesting are getting higher every year. Internet and computers surely helped with all the different digital modes as well as understanding propagation. We do local 2 m FM, 2 m USB, 6 m USB and 10 m USB every week. See a funny Ham Radio video at tinyurl.com/Ham-CB-Heaven & go to 146415.net

[@nedrabohan9406]

The tape machine is called a Reel to Reel.

[@bextar6365]

Outside it looked like a Palace, inside was disappointing even downstairs it looked like cheap construction.

[@gloriayoung392]

CB Radio s were very popular in 70sAnd 80s.Truckdrivers used them Alot.Thank for sharing ☺️👍🙏

[@WitchidWitchid]

Yeah but this is different than CB radio, This guy was doing "Ham radio" (aka "Amateur Radio"). It's somewhat like CB but also very different. Ham radio has a lot more different types of radios and a lot more frequencies and a lot more modes than CB. Ham radio has also been around a lot longer than most CB. Also with ham radio you need to pass a test to get a license. I did both Ham and CB radio and both were a lot of fun. I still do it now and then.

[@DollsAndSpooks]

Oh my! What a beautiful mansion! I just can't believe why they would let beautiful houses like these go into ruins. It makes one wish that they have enough money to buy and restore places like this.

[@sarahfarrell8214]

Wow, love to see you and Danny exploring together. That radio room was amazing! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us! xxoo

[@cindyjofaithful4469]

So the richest family put foil on their oven door instead of buying a new one. Hmmm....maybe they weren't so rich after all. Such a shame about the permits. Is that a normal thing in Portugal,?

[@patriciahartless2095]

Shame that they couldn't. Make the house bigger. This house is gorgeous. A lot of antiques. As always thank you. for your fantastic video. Take care of yourself.

[@sherylpehr2702]

My children and I had so much fun spending time in our radio room. It was better to have a separate room for the equipment and to keep the noise from disturbing others. Having a QSO I card from the space station or a spacecraft is a not common. We have 3,000 + cards and still counting. Thanks for this wonderful video. 😀

[@jjsmith8956]

What a terrible shame! So many homeless people, and these huge homes could be divided up into several apartments. Here in the U.S we need permits for everything! I call it Communism. Government needs to mind their own business when someone wants to improve their own property!

[@heyallyqfa3694]

I think i'm addicted to your voice... Seriously 😅😅.. And i love all your videos

[@saiprom]

Stained glass windows is very beautiful, the upstairs area is very big and roomy ,the radio room very interesting indeed ,but it’s insane they separate women to get involved with man activity, the mind set back then is strange indeed, thank you for sharing

[@lawannarobinson9900]

Lots of unanswered questions about the new addition which would have been very large. Why take the risk if you can afford to get the permits needed. In the USA an inspector has the authority to have the new construction taken down, especially so if electrical wiring & plumbing were installed. I truly believed someone had to inform the authorities of what was going on. Not certain in Portugal how the property taxes work as this addition would have possibly cost more taxes based on the square footage that would include the addition. Wow I am just amazed one would take that chance. Thanks for sharing, keep safe and healthy.

[@shereerichmond4833]

Bye bye Lesley and Jordie Thankyou so much stay safe..love you..

[@whitewitch1105]

That hall closet is beautiful

[@johnsomers8269]

The sound equipment is phenomenal, it worth thousands! Jody has good observations. What an incredible place.

[@kristineguetschow9134]

17:46 - The man’s room. The woman could not go in there. I bet she had a room too, but he could enter if he wanted. It was called the laundry (a/k/a woman’s) room. 🤗

[@jaxyab]

Huge 2nd floor. Amazing special room! I'm curious how he put all those things on that ceiling. Wonderful explore. Be safe!!

[@marialaing7130]

Me, too! How did he do it!??????????!!!!!!

[@psychodad1961]

Those are QSO cards and are sent by post to verify contacts made.

[@spamanator666]

QSL card.

[@psychodad1961]

@@spamanator666 %100 Thanks for correcting me. You send a QSL card when you've made a successful QSO.

[@Jiuhuashan]

I would love to know what is on those reel-to-reel tapes.

[@M70ACARRY]

recordings of 7200 and 14313

[@horseathalt7308]

@@M70ACARRY dont forget 3.860 3.822 and 3.927 as well lol

[@lastchancetodazle]

Does anyone else just have the urge to clean these houses or is that just me?

[@cynthiazegers7354]

I love listening to you telling us about the homes you film and how it fits into history

[@thatdellguy]

Love your video. We always called it Amateur Radio. That's really neat to see all those QSL cards. Sad that they will rot in the house. Reminded me of my dad and his giant antenna in the backyard.

[@tamarrajames3590]

This is a sad story, that they couldn’t finish the beautiful design they intended for their home. Beautiful things they had planned. Places for. Thanks for showing this. Stay safe and keep having fun. Those radios were operating on Citizens Ban radio waves, similar to what emergency services used. They would go on and just see if anyone was on their Band and wanted to talk. Over time they made close friendships with people they would never meet. Some people still use these radios today.🖤🇨🇦

[@sherylpehr2702]

CB radios are low power and low frequency range. No license is required to use them. Many truck drivers used them. This man was a licensed amateur radio operator, he had to pass a number of tests to be able to use it. These much more powerful radios are still in use around the world. Used in emergency situations they can be the only way to communicate. Recently a USA naval ship lost all power for several days and the only way they could call for help was via the amateur radio system. It's fun to chat with people on the other side of the world when the atmospheric conditions are right.

[@tamarrajames3590]

Sheryl Pehr you are absolutely right, thank you for the correction. I mixed up HAM radio and CB.🖤🇨🇦

[@sherylpehr2702]

@@tamarrajames3590 it's easy to confuse the two. My kids and I have had our licenses for 40+ years. We still enjoy our hobby.

[@dlodge4966]

They must have drastically down sized to leave so much behind.

[@elmin82]

good video , happy easter to everyone and stay safe

[@patalex8925]

4:47 it's muscat of Setúbal, if you're in that region (Setúbal) it is rather famous. it uses a special caste and if you prove it, it's really different from wine :)

[@veronikakovall1046]

There where two families that lived in the Mansion?

[@BrosOfDecay]

How do you recon?

[@veronikakovall1046]

Bros Of Decay if I remember correctly, the history of the mansion had a wife, husband and two sons. It was abandoned in 1995. But you find recipes from 2003.Also, you show and mention a family with a little asian boy. Unless they are relatives and live under the same house? They sound like two separate families. I could be mistaken or forgetting something.

[@damien706]

Maybe squatters

[@kboots4723]

I love the videos you share with us!

[@ToddHa]

Those are QSL Cards on the walls-ceiling of that room. I got a few in my basement. I've done 5-watt 2m DX. From St Louis, MO to Oliver Springs, TN via enhanced Tropospheric Ducting conditions.

[@kangirigungi]

It's so sad that a beautiful house like this needs to be abandoned because of a stupid law.

[@adamtaylor31]

Oh man, someone rescue those cards!

[@tasmiyatabassum5895]

Hey ...from India beautiful aerial view..the house is mesmerising Nd wear mask plz

[@alfredritcher]

Such a beautiful house it is just stupid the government would make them abandon it because of stupid permits

[@bethoneybee]

Incredibly wealthy. Puts tin foil on stove in place of window. I know people like this. Interesting to see the cabinets are cork lined? You always find interesting places! I have to say, 20 years ago, yes, internet was just beginning, but men have always had their separate spaces (usually the basement or garage in American homes) and that continues today lol. My dad used to do CB radio when I was a kid. Very interesting to connect with people all over.

[@marketingmixture]

Does anyone know the name and call sign of this radio amateur? Wonder if he and his family are still alive and what happened to them. I guess they left in a hurry. The house is in such a mess - I suspect squatters lived there after the family. Nobody lives in such a mess! Dave - radio ham G4NOW

[@nellyvieira9496]

I don't know where you get that the woman "wasn't allowed" in the men's hobby room. She certainly could, and did to at least clean, but she wasn't likely to be interested in spending any time there. She had the house and the kids to manage. Most women didn't have the luxury of time to have "hobbies" other than knitting, embroidery, sewing, cooking, baking... all things that contributed/were necessary to running the house and the family. Of course she didn't spend time in the man's "hobby room".

[@catherineguadalupe4698]

Woooww nice video full of history of the man’s work., but pity because they didn’t finished restoring the house. Take care always Leslie, watching you here from the Philippines, God bless you always 🙏🥰

[@Elena_47.]

class👍👍👍👍

[@nellyvieira9496]

That bottle in the kitchen was not Porto wine. It's Muscatel, which is a fortified wine, that in my opinion, is much better than Porto wine. The particular one that is there is from, again in my opinion, the very best producer and it's the very best brand - Alambre. You must be somewhere around the Setubal district. 😁

[@jimcoulter5877]

Man O Man that is one Pot full of QSL CARDS! During the days of lots of sun spots he must have been on the air a lot. Now we can do it with a hand held DMR RADIO and a Hot Spot hooked to the internet, we can talk around the world with a hand held radio. How times have changed in such a short time. The Qsl Cards will have his name and call sign on them. So you will know who it was, and he probably passed away. We ham radio folks can not take our Ham Radios when we leave this Earth. But they had a Beautiful Home back then.

[@susanward4061]

I am not seeing renovations going on upstairs. Maybe I am missing something. It looks to me more of a storage of things. Maybe they lived downstairs to save money. The renovations downstairs isn’t something a wealthy person would do. If they are so wealthy buy a new stove! Something isn’t adding up. Someone lived downstairs after 1995. Maybe a caretakers family?

[@Quark.Lepton]

It truly is a crime that the government can allow such waste because of it’s absurdly inhumane rules. It is a criminal waste and should never be allowed. Blessings to the family that lost so much of their hard-earned heritage. Perhaps it’s just crooked politicians demanding money from them and they refuse?

[@georginapantoja7962]

I am love the window with colors religious pictures and the round tablecloth in the room used for the wife the piece is hand made crocheting mercerized cotton.

[@cowboy6591]

You laughed at the satellite QSO card. But did you know HAM radio operators have used satellites? and even used the moon to bounce signals off of.

[@hollykrieger860]

I love the blue details on the wall in the beginning of the video 💙

[@camilam8778]

I live for this kind of content

[@braglepetruioan6678]

Casette de video 📼🥰

[@MarkSmith-lm9yo]

Hi Lesley an Georgie it’s Ann again what a beautiful place it would of been isn’t it sad when you see the photos of people who lived their their beautiful home how it was an now in decay but they had lots of happy times an lovley memories I loved the stain glass window an the large cabinet in the hall keep safe my favourite exsplorers lv Ann uk

[@mariabatista5670]

Beijinhos.

[@YasminFlower88]

Bij 20:15, dat is een bandrecorder. De voorloper van de cassetterecorder. Begin jaren 70 hadden mijn ouders zo'n apparaat. Het stamde uit de jaren 50/60. Deze ziet er wel iets moderner uit. Ik heb nog opnames van liedjes die ik heb gezongen als kind. Dan zaten ik en mijn broer op de grond voor de bandrecorder. Het heeft net zo'n soort tape als een cassetterecorder, maar dan grotere spoelen. ThanXs voor weer een super leuke en fascinerende ontdekkingstocht ❤

[@hasibadjili96]

Fantastic find,thanks.

[@per-plestenman6254]

You got the cards when you listened to different radio channels and wrote on a postcard what you heard and when and sent it to the radio channel and a postcard came back. It was called for DX.

[@elizabethjury2930]

The Radio Ham is the name of the person who talks to other Radio Hams around the world. This video was very interesting and such a pity they had to abandon their home 🌻

[@garymarcum2814]

I am a Amateur Radio operator. It seems like all the radio equipment is gone that is a shame I would loved to see what old radio gear he used. I know it would have been tube type radio.

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

Leslie Jordy 8:36 that is called a satchel in America

[@candacewicks4850]

I live in the states, and my uncle did this same talking to people all over the world. I think they said to me when young, that he was a Ham radio operator.

[@Cindy1956ful1]

@3:52 this is part of a food grinder to grind up meat and vegetables into pate, baby food, whatever.

[@adoracioncosta9865]

The spiral metal in the kitchen is a peace of a manual meat grinder.Just like old times in Brazil.

[@tectorama]

QSL cards are normally exchanged through the national amateur radio bureau , or can be sent direct.

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

7:59 Het zwarte video opberg kastje heb ik ook nog staan. Leuk om de shack te zien van de legale zendamateur, hij heeft heel wat verbindingen gemaakt gezien het goot aantal QSO kaarten die er hangen. Daarom vind ik het zo vreemd dat deze zijn blijven hangen, normaal neemt een zendamateur deze mee als hij het huis verlaat. De QSO kaarten worden via de post naar de vereniging gestuurd en via de vereniging komen ze bij de afdeling en zo bij zendamateur, meestal op een bijeenkomst van de afdeling. Op die manier blijft het privé adres van de zendamateur privé. 20:05 dat is bandrecorder of spoelen recorder van Philips, vaak nam een zendamateur het gesprek op. 21:38 is volgens mij een logboek, daar schreef hij in welke zendamateur hij had gesproken, zoals call, datum, tijd, frequentie en signaalsterkte.

[@amelia6150]

Leslie Jodi and Danny love when you get together to film amazing videos ty guys

[@michaeljaysonbanua4870]

It could be that they abandoned the house but that doesn't they do not come and visit from time to time.

[@lynncutler8773]

awesome find 👍👍👍, awesome video 👏👏👏👏👏 & please stay safe 😍

[@blueneeson9888]

This Was A Wonderful Video Thank You. Stay Safe

[@newnormtrump7519]

SINCE HE TALKED TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD HE MUST OF LEARNED LOTS OF LANGUAGES

[@debbiephillips1504]

Hey babe Debbie in Texas another great story and video just wow

[@cynthiazegers7354]

The spiral device is a core remover/potato spiral for frying

[@candacewicks4850]

My grandfather told me it was called a real to real. Is this correct?

[@rabenvaddatv]

Looks great!

[@unofficialartshowwithrahma1875]

Take love from Bangladesh

[@careyh38]

My dad did ham radio operator long time ago. That's so cool.

[@JamesScott-lc8md]

Have a Blessed Holiday tomorrow

[@virgiediaz2086]

How i love thosereligious tainted glass

[@josevalerio7158]

Did you get a permission to get inside the houses?

[@ThePixilator]

I'm going to buy a shirt from Leslie and Jordy. They are so respectful. I saw a video yesterday from (not very nice) urbexers in a huge Canadian home from probably the late 1980's or 90's. It had been a very well built home and would have still been in perfect condition except for the horrible people who'd been breaking in. EVERY window in the place was smashed out. They'd poked holes in the walls. And set fires on the floors and walls. Just disgusting behavior. 😔

[@LisaNelsonSnugglebunny]

How in the world was that oven safe to use like that?