Urb
Really great story. Thanks for sharing your memories.
In 1990 When I was K4LYG I worked 7O1AA #252 DXCC Country
for me. As you may recall 9K2CS Mohammed from Kuwait had the logs.
My first attempt to get qsl direct to 9K2CS. After a period of time
no reply I learned logs had been damaged in
ZC5AL - A. L. O'Donnell, who used the name Doug, was with the Dept.of Posts
and Telegraphs in Jesselton, British North Borneo during the mid to late 1950's.
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Is there anyone out there that knows the whereabouts or info on ZC5AL? TNX
Ed W2HTI
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Well, a little off-topic but never the less a "Twilight Zone" moment in my DX
career - in January 1983 I watched a movie on my VCR called "Bear Island" (VHS
for all us old guys) and when the movie ended I walked up into the shack,
turned on the radio which just happened to be tuned to 14.220 M
Great story Urb!
I recall shortly after I got seriously interested in DXing in 1993 I
went through my old logs and found QSO's with JX5CI and a station who
had operated portable from 3A. Both QSO's were in the early 80's, I
believe. I tracked down QSL routes and sent them, hoping I could still
ge
GM,
In the late 1960s I was one country off the top of the honor roll,
Heard Island. I lost interest in DX and faded away. One Heard Island
DXpedition came and gone. Then in 1983 VK0CW was activated. I
put up a 20 meter dipole and worked them. I could now say I worked
them all. However,
