Back in the late 60's or early 70's I worked a stations signing 9K2S
on 40 CW one night. Another ham worked him and then the two of us got
into a chat on the air about whether it was a pirate or not.
I wanted a QSL but didn't know of a QSL route. I still don't know to
this day if he was a pirate or not. I've since worked and confirmed 9K
on just about every band but 160. Still, the mystery remains ...
73 Zack W9SZ
On 8/14/11, John Warren n...@texas.net wrote:
By the way, in answer to my question yesterday, VT1 was the first
post-WWII prefix for Kuwait.
The Brits initially administered Kuwait from India, so they assigned
it a prefix out of the Indian block. Shortly thereafter, it was
transferred to British military government, and got a prefix in the
MP4 block which they used throughout the Persian Gulf, specifically
MP4K. (For example, MP4B = Bahrain, MP4Q = Qatar, etc, except that
the troops moved around, so MP4 soon became a jumbled mess!).
Finally, when Kuwait gained its independence, it became the 9K we know
today.
73, John, NT5C.
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