VU4AN/VU3CHE QSL cards reach Charly via HS0ZCW.

FLASH: OCTOBER 11, 2007--- I CAN NOW OP WARC BANDS, see below.

Charly and his wife have moved permanently (2006 and beyond) to Thailand from their former home in Florida. I have one station in Samut Sakhon, the family home, and a second station in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The picture is from a Buddhist monastery near my home which marks one of the first places in Thailand that Buddhism took root. The picture is my QSL card face and shows me (in the tan jacket) with a tall Buddhist figure who could be visiting those who do not QSL !

Wife Somjit fills out many QSL cards and loves surprises in the incoming mail.... like 2 green stamps... she kissed a "fiver" during the last mail opening!!! And she loves picture qsls.

HS0ZCW was assigned to Charly Harpole during his first visit to Thailand in 1998. Charly has used his call sign--since then and in 1999 and 2001-4 --while he was in Thailand making a documentary film about Buddhism. He then married the beautiful Thai lady named Somjit.

He now has a fully licensed and registered Thai ham station at the family home in Samut Sakhon. There, he has a 40 foot tower, TA-33+40 and an IC-718. This is his "second home" station in Thailand. His "first" home station is about 30 km West of downtown Bangkok where he has an IC-775DSP & 80 foot tower and 5 el. HyGain 20 m. monobander and dipoles.

RAST (Radio Amateur Society of Thailand), the national club, has finally announced Thailand hams are ok to op WARC bands and on 80 and 160 all days and all times. Check the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand web site for complete info and licensing data (www.qsl.net/rast for English).

QSLs sent to HS buro get to Charly very well, but please do not use the the K4 buro which will also forward to HS0ZCW if marked "via K4VUD" but it is now a lot of trouble. For more information, search Charly's USA callsign, K4VUD, on qrz.com or club call, AC4TT.

Charly is a life-long college teacher and now teaches film and tv making at Mahidol University in Thailand. He is now launching an effort to make a documentary about HM the King of Thailand who as HS1A has been on the air over the years.

Rev: HS0ZCW - Wed Jun 9 4:11:55 1999