By the way, in answer to my question yesterday, VT1 was the first
post-WWII prefix for Kuwait.
The Brits initially administered Kuwait from India, so they assigned
it a prefix out of the Indian block. Shortly thereafter, it was
transferred to British military government, and got a prefix in the
MP4 block which they used throughout the Persian Gulf, specifically
MP4K. (For example, MP4B = Bahrain, MP4Q = Qatar, etc, except that
the troops moved around, so MP4 soon became a jumbled mess!).
Finally, when Kuwait gained its independence, it became the 9K we know
today.
73, John, NT5C.
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