[RTTY] Spratly Island - DXØK - 1S1A

[Larry L Lindblom]

I just pulled my 1S1A QSL card out of the drawer.   The operation was
February 20th thru 24th of 1973.  Which was their 4th attempt at the
operation.  The QSL card mentions the three earlier failed attempts,
storms, one of the operators a drift in a dingy etc.  The operators were 
 WB4VBY, W5ZSX, K7CBZ, XV5AC,& WB4UZP who made 4500 Qs in 3.5 days.  The
QSL manager was W1YRC.  My 1S1A Q was a highlight of my then 27 years of
living!

73 Larry, W0ETC who in 1973 was WA0ETC
That Q was one heck of a high for me in my youth (age 38 back then).


On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:29:15 -0800 "Dave W7DPW" <w7dpw at comcast.net>
writes:
> I was reminded of the following incident as I worked DXØK on 15 
> Meter
> RTTY  on 18 February 2005, Ø2:17Z.
> 
> During the Vietnam conflict in the early '70s,  I was stationed at 
> the
> seaside village of Vung Tau, South Vietnam and I worked on the 
> docks.
> There was a group of Dxers (mostly from the US Embassy staff) ,
> notably a W4, named Glen as I recall, who leased a small converted 
> PT
> boat to make a trip to Spratly Island and hold a DXexpedition.  I 
> was
> asked if I would like to go along. That was not do-able, but I did
> wish them good fortune and lots of QSOs.  A day or so after they
> departed the pier, they returned with a leaking boat. The boat had 
> to
> be repaired and was laying at one of the docks for several days 
> before
> it was SeaWorthy once again.  The group preceeded to Spratly and 
> put
> 1S1A on the air.  I don't remember when they returned and don 't
> remember much else.  I was too busy supporting the US efforts at 
> this
> small SeaPort.
> 
> If there is anyone from that time, let me hear from you..
> 
> Dave Drew  - W7DPW
> 
> 
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