And there were actually some that were legal, once Bill Porter (K1YPE) got
there as Deputy Ambassador and interceded with the South Vietnamese
authorities. Fred, K3ZO has told the story at length in an article for the
PVRC Newsletter - I will see if I can find the URL.
73, Pete
At 05:23 PM 12/3/2008, K1TN wrote:
>I know two Americans who operated on the ham bands from Viet Nam 40 years
>ago. They did not have "licenses," so they just made up XV call signs. In
>one case, I have seen an actual QSL card.
>
>I expect there were more.
>
>Jim Cain, K1TN
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