W0EXD/KC4 1971 Navassa Island
The operator was Dr. Richard Jay
"Dick" Brown, Silent Key (1933-2003).
This was the only time he operated from Navassa Island. There was
some confusion when he used photos of the island on his W4VN/5 QSL cards.
LTCOL Dr. Richard Jay "Dick" Brown, USAF, W5AA,
passed away Tuesday, August 12, 2003 after a brief bout with
cancer. Dick was born in Greeley, Co. on January 30, 1933,
graduated from Colorado State University in Veterinary Medicine,
and specialized in pathology at AFIP, Walter Reed Army Hospital.
His Air Force career included multi-engine pilot and veterinary
clinical specialist. He was one of the veterinarians who worked
with the chimpanzee, Ham, on Project Mercury. He published for
various medical journals many research studies which were
conducted in Taiwan and Indonesia. One of his proudest
accomplishments was in amateur radio where he worked 5 band DXCC
from three different countries and DXpeditions to Navassa Island
and the Pribilof Islands.
The list of his callsigns includes W5AA, W4VN, W4VN/0, W4VN/5,
K0DX, W7MXS, W0EXD, W0EXD/KC4 (Navassa Island), WA7OBV, W0OL,
V73ES, V3RB, KL7IJE, YB0ABV, KD5ANH, and KC6LDJ.
He was an USAF veteran of Vietnam.
QSL from the estate of W1EOA
Info courtesy of W5KNE