[ADXA] V84SAA Brunei

[Richard Harris]

Ah, VS5MC. Maurice Caplan, Captain, Royal Signals. Also VS6AA. Friend of
mine. Visited him in Hong Kong in 1968. Sadly, believe he is SK now.
Small world. Rick AI5P

On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 5:43 PM w5zn at w5zn.org <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:

> San - I had forgot that Brunei was once a upon a time VS5 until you
> mentioned it!! My first ever Brunei was  VS5MC on 20 meters way back yonder
> sometime in the 70’s.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 6, 2019, at 5:14 PM, HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Boy do I remember operating from there in 1983! It was VS5 back then, and
> I made about 5000 QSOs from there and concentrated on 80m at night where I
> made about 800 QSOs and also worked a few on 160m in the Asia area using a
> long wire antenna 25 feet off the ground. Met the Sultan one evening at a
> party and stayed with VS5HG Hassan for 7 days. Attended the first organized
> meeting of the first VS5 Ham Radio Club the second weekend. Think there
> were 6 in attendance. Fun time for me and with so  many memories.
>
>
>
> This is definitely a semi-rare one, especially on 160 and 80m. A good
> friend of mine is on the team, VK3GK, Lee. Luckily do have RTTY confirmed
> in the “pre FT8” timeframe.
>
> San  VS5YY … hi hi
>
>
>
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>
>
> *From: *w5zn at w5zn.org
> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 6, 2019 4:51 PM
> *To: *adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject: *[ADXA] V84SAA Brunei
>
>
>
> The V84SAA gang has fired up from Brunei. They're still getting things
>
> all running however they are there and running on a couple of bands.
>
> Jeff, K1ZM who will be the lead 160 meter Op and his wife Miriam, KK1ZM,
>
> will be the lead FT8 Op. They departed Boston last night on their way to
>
> V8 via London Heathrow and Singapore and should be there sometime
>
> tomorrow local Brunei time (Sunrise there now Thursday morning as I
>
> write this).
>
>
>
> So, grab this one on at least one band if you don't have it at all. This
>
> is a first class group of ops so pay attention to the propagation and
>
> their instructions and put them in your log.
>
>
>
> I only need them on 160 meters so will be gunning for them except I have
>
> to be in W6 land next Monday-Thursday so that cuts down my
>
> opportunities.
>
>
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
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