AC5PN 1961 Bhutan

AC5PN, N.Chhawna was the first Bhutanese to go on the air in 1955. He was followed 7 years later by a group sponsored by the "Amateur Radio Society of India". The April 1962 VU2US/AC5 team was recruited from licensed army operators from India stationed close to the border. The operators were Lt. General K. Umaro Singh VU2US, Brigadier Ram Z. Kabraji VU2BK, Colonel P. S. Gill VU2PS, and Captain T. A. "Ram" Ramakrishan VU2TN.

AC5PN was also instrumental in helping Gus Browning W4BPD get operating permission for his Bhutan DXpeditions.

QSL from the estate of W8UAS
Photo from Don Chesser W4KVX The Ohio Valley DX Bulletin #33, June 17, 1958
Photo sent to magazine by W4CEN