Hello Rag, I always wondered about Gus Browning's LH4C DXpedition, and the accuracy of this article, given the extreme difficulty of landing on Bouvet. http://archive.org/stream/73-magazine-1967-10/10_October_1967#page/n86/mode/1up
I first started DXing in 1960 as K1LPL http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/USA/Rhode_Island/k1lpl.htm The DX bug bit me hard in 1962 during Gus Browning's second DXpedition. A complete index to the 73 Magazine articles about his DXpeditions is here: http://mikeyancey.com/73mag/listauthor.php?Author=W4BPD My first QSO with Gus was in June 1962 at VQ9A in the Seychelles http://hamgallery.com/qsl/deleted/Aldabra/vq9a2.htm soon followed by VQ9A/7 on Aldabra http://hamgallery.com/qsl/deleted/Aldabra/vq9a2.htm The CQ Magazine article about the Aldabra DXpedion is here: http://www.oocities.org/k2cddx/cqaldabra1.html Later that year I worked Gus at: 9U5BH http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Rwanda/9u5bh.htm 9U5ZZ http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Burundi/9u5zz.htm ZD9AM http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Tristan_da_Cunha/zd9am.htm LH4C http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/BouvetIsland/lh4c.htm 1962 was just in time for me to work several other famous early DXpeditioners HK0AB http://hamgallery.com/qsl/deleted/BajoNuevo/hk0ab2.htm KS4BF http://hamgallery.com/qsl/deleted/SerranaBank/ks4bf.htm ZK1BY http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/North_Cook/zk1by.htm W0MLY/TJ8 http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Cameroon/w0mly.htm Some other well known callsigns in my 1962 log include HZ1AB (W1TYQ) http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Saudi_Arabia/hz1ab3.htm MP4BBW http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerie/galerie2.php?page=moreqsl&pfx=MP4B&id=MP4BBW MP4TAO http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/UAE/mp4tao.htm ET2US http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Eritrea/et2us.htm CR7IZ http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Mozambique/cr7iz.htm TT8AL VQ4RF http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Kenya/vq4rf.htm VS9MB http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Maldive_Islands/vs9mb2.htm 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: la...@otterstad.dk To: k...@frontiernet.net, donov...@starpower.net, topband@contesting.com Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 8:02:19 AM Subject: : W4BPD Archive Just too bad that Gus cheated on Bouvet LH4C. I felt it particulary sad as I arranged his licence and picked the callsign. 73 Rag LA5HE And here's another Gus Browning tribute page: http://www.oocities.org/capecanaveral/1641/gusbrowning.html 73, Dave K8MN On 7/28/2013 23 08, donov...@starpower.net wrote: > An archive of W4BPD's writings about his early life and Dxpeditions is on this page: > > http://springfieldsc.us/W4BPD.htm > > The detailed index and reprinted articles are here: > > http://springfieldsc.us/Archive%20page.htm#Post%20index > > 73 > Frank > W3LPL > _________________ > Topband Reflector ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3209/6527 - Release Date: 07/28/13 _________________ Topband Reflector **************************************************************************** Denne mail er blevet scannet for virus af TDC Mailfilter. **************************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE _________________ Topband Reflector