[ADXA] The FQ and FF rare ones

[HamOP]

Richard,
I am fortunate to have FQ8AE from Nov 29, 1959 and FF8BF on 5-15-1960 .. Other rare deleted ones were UN1AAA Karelia-Finnish in Oct 1959 and JZ0PO Netherlands New Guinea on 9-9-1960, and the sorta rare short time country Ruanda-Urundi worked 10-29-1960 which later split into two new ones. You had to “catch” that one early or it would have been deleted before you got a chance to chase it! 😊
Thanks for the memories!!  Great historical data for some of us of “advanced” age!
San YY

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From: Richard Harris
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2020 11:08 PM
To: adxa
Cc: Richard Harris
Subject: [ADXA] Article - AI5P - French Africa

Glenn - for your use if you want.  Please let me know if
you get OK.

>From the QSL Shoebox - Rick, AI5P

Two of the deleted countries (yes, called countries back in the day!) that
 some of our more experienced (read really Old Timers) members might have in their DXCC  totals included vast areas of Africa that later became numerous independent countries. Two countries became twelve!

French West Africa (FF) was a federation of eight French colonial
territories: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French
Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso),
Dahomey (now Benin), and Niger. The federation existed from 1895
until 1958. Its capital was Saint-Louis, Senegal, until 1902 and then
Dakar. The individual countries became independent in 1960.
Contacts for French West Africa count if they were made on or before
August 6, 1960.

Here is an QSL example for French West Africa:

This contact was from FF8AJ in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with W4GXB on
October 30, 1955, on 20 meters CW. 



French Equatorial Africa (FQ) was a federation (Afrique-Equatoriale francaise or
AEF) formed in 1910 of three French colonies: French Gabon (now Gabon),
Middle Congo (now the Republic of the Congo), and Ubangi-Shari-Chad (now
the Central African Republic). Chad was separated in 1920 to form the fourth
colony.  The Governor-General was based in Brazzaville (Congo) with deputies in each territory. The federation ended in 1959 and all four attained their independence in 1960. Contacts for French Equatorial Africa count if they were made on or before August 16, 1960.

Here is an QSL example for French Equatorial Africa:

This is a contact from FQ8AF in Brazzaville, Congo, with W8SDD on
September 10, 1953, on 20 meters CW.



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