Society of Thai Amateur Radio.
This page is written by k0ip ex HS6ADE at Takhli RTAFB
in 1970.
I have very little info about all the inside deals that allowed US persons to
operate from Thailand,
mostly military supporting the Viet Nam war from numerous bases in Thailand .
HELP me with this page,
once I had a PDF or word document listing all the Americans that operated under
this STAR agreement ,
I've googled it and cannot locate that file on the internet.
If its on my computer, I can't find it HI HI
so much for my organizing skills ...
HEY guys, if you were there and have any comments, or
pictures, documents, etc.. please contact me at
john.wilson.k0ip at Google.com
Below are the documents that were sent to me. I operated for about 6
weeks, and then I got transferred to Viet Nam,
ending my HS6ADE operation, I worked about 800 stations in that 6
weeks.
in fact I was not a DX'er back in Kansas, and little did I know
Thailand was RARE'er than RARE HI,
all I had to do was call CQ and there were hundreds of stations all calling at
the same time.
It was mass bedlam HI HI ..
many years later I found out that less than a year earlier, Thailand was
removed from the USA/ITU banned list.
I didn't operate everyday, but got on and operated often, sometimes
ragchewing with US stations,
while the rest of the world was ready to kill me for not working the pileup..
again little did I know how RARE I was.
I also figured I had may more months to operate, but that transfer
to RVN stopped all that.
below is a picture of me with my little KWM-1 radio, we
had a Tri-Bander at the building where I worked , Hey a good antenna
FREE.. your can't beat free ..
My Personal WEB page is
http://www.pocatelloarc.org/k0ip
| Society of Thai amateur radio | click the photo's to make them big enough to read |
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| Note: the date typed on this letter, should have been
1970 not 72... |
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| HS6ADE, Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand 1970, | |
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After several MARS phone patch from Takhli with my
friend WØTM (Gary)(sk), he got me a KWM-1 at Associated Radio (Overland Park, KS). My dad built two custom wooden boxes, one for the radio , one for the PS. He APO mailed them to me.. For whatever reason there was a tri-band beam at the PMEL building where I worked, who knows why it was there? It was pointed at the USA, no rotor. My boss let me setup my station on a shelf in the store room, This was actually a perfect place. I could run in there for lunch and "work a bunch", or after my shift. I was on the air for 6 weeks, working over 800 stations on SSB & CW. WOW, what pile-ups,, If I had been more industrious I could have worked 8000. But there was other things to do, including many two legged distractions downtown.. If you've been there you know what I'm saying. $5 short time GI.. Then the unexpected, I was transferred to Viet Nam.. Note: the KWM-1 had No RIT or anyway to Split. I worked a lot of CW |
https://www.qsl.net/rast/History.html
This link is quite lengthy and really doesn't cover the history of STAR very
well,
http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Thailand/hs3dr.htm
This fellow signed my membership card ,, above