Topband: W4BPD Archive

[la5he at otterstad.dk]

Hello  Frank,

You have every reason in the world to wonder !  HI    I just read the
article and too many details dont make sense.  Just " frozen ground".  This
was supposed to be at sea level where the ground never freezes.  Going
ashore in a lifeboat - just cannot be done.   BUT , at the time the island
was virtually " terra incognito", untill NPI did a very thorough survey
some years later , when 3Y1VC and 3Y5DQ were there.
Today we have detailed maps and a lot of data, including WX from a unmanned
WX-stn.

73  Rag  la5he



Hello Rag, 

I always wondered about Gus Browning's LH4C DXpedition, and the 
accuracy of this article, given the extreme difficulty of landing on
Bouvet. 
http://archive.org/stream/73-magazine-1967-10/10_October_1967#page/n86/mode/
1up 

I first started DXing in 1960 as K1LPL 
http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/USA/Rhode_Island/k1lpl.htm 

The DX bug bit me hard in 1962 during Gus Browning's second DXpedition. 
A complete index to the 73 Magazine articles about his DXpeditions is here: 
http://mikeyancey.com/73mag/listauthor.php?Author=W4BPD 

My first QSO with Gus was in June 1962 at VQ9A in the Seychelles 
http://hamgallery.com/qsl/deleted/Aldabra/vq9a2.htm 

soon followed by VQ9A/7 on Aldabra 
http://hamgallery.com/qsl/deleted/Aldabra/vq9a2.htm 

The CQ Magazine article about the Aldabra DXpedion is here: 
http://www.oocities.org/k2cddx/cqaldabra1.html 

Later that year I worked Gus at: 

9U5BH http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Rwanda/9u5bh.htm 
9U5ZZ http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Burundi/9u5zz.htm 
ZD9AM http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Tristan_da_Cunha/zd9am.htm 
LH4C http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/BouvetIsland/lh4c.htm 

1962 was just in time for me to work several other famous early
DXpeditioners 

HK0AB http://hamgallery.com/qsl/deleted/BajoNuevo/hk0ab2.htm 
KS4BF http://hamgallery.com/qsl/deleted/SerranaBank/ks4bf.htm 
ZK1BY http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/North_Cook/zk1by.htm 
W0MLY/TJ8 http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Cameroon/w0mly.htm 

Some other well known callsigns in my 1962 log include 

HZ1AB (W1TYQ) http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Saudi_Arabia/hz1ab3.htm 
MP4BBW
http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerie/galerie2.php?page=moreqsl&pfx=MP4B&id=MP4BB
W 
MP4TAO http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/UAE/mp4tao.htm 
ET2US http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Eritrea/et2us.htm 
CR7IZ http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Mozambique/cr7iz.htm 
TT8AL 
VQ4RF http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Kenya/vq4rf.htm 
VS9MB http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Maldive_Islands/vs9mb2.htm 

73 
Frank 
W3LPL 



----- Original Message -----

From: la5he at otterstad.dk 
To: k8mn at frontiernet.net, donovanf at starpower.net, topband at contesting.com 
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 8:02:19 AM 
Subject: : W4BPD Archive 

Just too bad that Gus cheated on Bouvet LH4C. I felt it particulary sad as 
I arranged his licence and picked the callsign. 

73 Rag LA5HE 



And here's another Gus Browning tribute page: 

http://www.oocities.org/capecanaveral/1641/gusbrowning.html 

73, 

Dave K8MN 

On 7/28/2013 23 08, donovanf at starpower.net wrote: 
> An archive of W4BPD's writings about his early life and Dxpeditions is on 
this page: 
> 
> http://springfieldsc.us/W4BPD.htm 
> 
> The detailed index and reprinted articles are here: 
> 
> http://springfieldsc.us/Archive%20page.htm#Post%20index 
> 
> 73 
> Frank 
> W3LPL 
> _________________ 
> Topband Reflector 




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