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10-10-2008, 03:16 PM
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King Hussein was highly regarded by al the radio amateurs around the world, he was a wonderful guy
Amman, Jordan, Feb 8, 1999 Radio amateurs around the world joined in mourning the the death over the weekend of Jordan's King Hussein, JY1.
Hussein, 63, died Sunday morning. The Middle East's longest-reining ruler, he'd been Jordan's King for 47 years, taking the throne when he was just a teenager. His son, Abdullah, 37, succeeds him.
Hussein was a life member of the ARRL.ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ, Called him "an enthusiastic radio amateur whose support was invaluable to us in obtaining new amateurs bands at the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference" Sumner recalled that in May 1979, International Amateur Radio Union President Noel Eaton, VE3CJ, was invited to Amman to meet with King Hussein.
"Jordan's support of the Amateur Service was much in evidence at the conference that fall, and was a crucial element in our success," Sumner said. The WARC-79 resulted in amateur radio's gaining the 30, 17, and 12-meters bands.
That same year, JY1 was featured in the film,"The World of Amateur Radio" Hussein regarded his 1983 contact with Owen Garriott, W5LFL, onboard the Space Shuttle, as a high point in his amateur radio activity
King Hussein was highly regarded by al the radio amateurs around the world, he was a wonderful guy
Amman, Jordan, Feb 8, 1999 Radio amateurs around the world joined in mourning the the death over the weekend of Jordan's King Hussein, JY1.
Hussein, 63, died Sunday morning. The Middle East's longest-reining ruler, he'd been Jordan's King for 47 years, taking the throne when he was just a teenager. His son, Abdullah, 37, succeeds him.
Hussein was a life member of the ARRL.ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ, Called him "an enthusiastic radio amateur whose support was invaluable to us in obtaining new amateurs bands at the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference" Sumner recalled that in May 1979, International Amateur Radio Union President Noel Eaton, VE3CJ, was invited to Amman to meet with King Hussein.
"Jordan's support of the Amateur Service was much in evidence at the conference that fall, and was a crucial element in our success," Sumner said. The WARC-79 resulted in amateur radio's gaining the 30, 17, and 12-meters bands.
That same year, JY1 was featured in the film,"The World of Amateur Radio" Hussein regarded his 1983 contact with Owen Garriott, W5LFL, onboard the Space Shuttle, as a high point in his amateur radio activity