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@otterstad.dk
To: k8mn@frontiernet.net, donovanf@starpower.net, topband@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@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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