[SFDXA] ARLX014 King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, HS1A (SK)

[William Marx]

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> ARLX014 King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, HS1A (SK)
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> Special Bulletin 14  ARLX014
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  October 14, 2016
> To all radio amateurs 
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> ARLX014 King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, HS1A (SK)
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> Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), HS1A, died on October 13,
> after a long period of declining health. Born in Cambridge,
> Massachusetts, while his physician father was at Harvard University,
> the king, whose name translated as "strength of the land,
> incomparable power," was 88.
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> According to noted DXer Fred Laun, K3ZO/HS0ZAR, the king "was never
> very active on the air, and, to my knowledge, the only QSOs he ever
> made were from a handheld on 2 meter FM." He said HS1A was often
> "pictured using a handheld." He also was pictured with a camera, as
> photography was one of his passions, and he was a jazz enthusiast,
> who played the saxophone.
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> The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST), the country's IARU
> member society, said on its website that the king was "presented the
> call sign HS1A by the Ministry of Communications at Chitrlada
> Palace" in 1989 in a ceremony witnessed by RAST officers. He was the
> ninth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty, having ascended to the throne
> in June of 1946, and was the world's longest-reigning monarch.
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