And there was only one option to get the QSL's as the operations were
illegal, the operators asked for QSL via ARRL... Well, many things has
changed since those days!
73/DX de Osten SM5DQC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Reisert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Steve-KF2TI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-NEWS] Maybe Someday follow-up
> Steve,
>
> Actually what you say is not completely true. As I recall both Ben and
> Howie worked one or two FI8s. However, they were never able to obtain a QSL.
>
> As many old timers will remember, FI activity post war was in the late
> 1940's and early 1950's. ALL FI operations were illegal but ARRL accepted
> them if you could obtain a QSL. In fact, FI was later put on the banned
> list for USA stations to work in the mid-1950's.
>
> Only 3 or 4 stations received FI8ZZ QSLs. A few got W8QOH/FI8 and a few got
> FI3AG and FI8AT QSLs. Probably the best QSLer of the illegal FI operations
> was Bill, W6ODD/FI8 (the same guy that did the only Diu/Damao operation),
> the one that W1FH had confirmed. Bill supposedly sent out about 200 FI QSLs.
>
> Eventually FI (French Indo China) broke into 3 new separate entities, Viet
> Nam, Laos, and Cambodia. The first two came on in the late 1950's as 3W and
> XW respectively (notably W3ZA/3W and XW8AI). I think the first Cambodian
> operation accepted by ARRL was W9WNV/XU (1964 on my QSL). It wasn't until
> the early 1970's that operations from Cambodia became more operational.
>
> If the latest rumors about P5/4L4FN are true that he now has written
> premission, and the ARRL accepts his operation, it will be a whole new ball
> game.
>
> 73,
>
> Joe, W1JR
>
> At 02:49 PM 4/1/2002 +0000, Steve-KF2TI wrote:
> >With reposted with permission.........
> >
> >G-d willing, we should all live to be as young as these 3 spry guys
> >
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> > > I myself enjoyed W3UR's mention of the several guys at the top of the
> > > DXCC totals - W2AGW (96 years old next month), W2BXA (late eighties)
> > > and K6ZO (87 years old). Ducie was number 390 for each of the three.
> > > These guys are at the very top of the DXCC list, says Bernie. K6ZO
> > > has worked P5/4L4FN; the other two have not. `Course, it hasn't been
> > > given DXCC approval yet. It's interesting that `AGW and `BXA both
> > > missed the same two deleted countries "way back when," FI8 and CR8.
> > > `ZO also missed FI8.and missed 1M, but did get CR8. I suppose that
> > > may mean FI8 is the rarest of all DXCC countries ever, with CR8 second
> > > rarest and 1M perhaps third rarest - at least among DXCC participants
> > > still living. And, it shows the keys to DXCC success: Work every
> > > country ("entity") that comes on the air and live a long time. Will
> > > any of us ever reach the 400 level? Could be. Keep those new ones
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