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