Loyal Hanson

Cpl 1961 - 1963

Personal Amateur call sign was KR6AR (Okinawa 1961-1963); operated KR6DI (Camp Butler) and KR6GF (Sukiran) on Okinawa from 1961-1963 as a Corporal E-4 in the USMC; they were USMC Special Services amateur radio stations that ran phone patch and written traffic.  I affiliated with MARS on Okinawa at KR6GF and later as a civilian with my personal civilian amateur call sign K9EHS (Wisconsin) but I was relatively inactive and I have no other record or recollections.  I did win the QST International DX competition (Far Eastern CW Division) in Okinawa 1961 during off-duty hours using my personal KR6AR call sign and the USMC 100-foot high, three-curtain, rhombic antenna at Camp Courtney pointed toward W6IAB at Camp Pendleton (see QST October 1962 page 46)

I have continued operating amateur radio as an attorney with BSEE and Doctor of Law degrees.                    Back to top

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