Famous hams

2011-01-23T13:39:03Z

Mauridr:

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! Callsign !! Name !! Details
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| 7L2NJY || Dr Mamoru Mohri || Japanese astronaut
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| 9K2CS || Prince Yousuf Al-Sabah
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| 9N1MM || Father Marshall Moran || Missionary (SK)
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| A41AA || Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said || Sultan of Oman (In callbook as A4XAA)
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| EA0JC || Juan Carlos || King of Spain
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| FO5GJ || Martin Brandeaux aka Marlon Brando || Actor (SK), in callbook as FO8GJ (see also FO0MB below)
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| G2DQU || Lord Rix (formerly Sir Brian) || former actor and charity head
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| G3TZH || Tony Dolby || Brother of "the" Dolby
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| G3YLA || Jim Bacon OBE || Weatherman
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| GB1MIR || Helen Sharman || Astronaut
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| HS1A || Bhumiphol Adulayadej || King of Thailand
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| I0FCG || Francesco Cossiga || Former President of Italy
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|JA5FHB || || Japanese Minister for Transport and Communications
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| JY1 || King Hussein of Jordan || SK, JY1 also held reciprocal call EP1JY in Iran
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| JY1NH || Noor Alhussein || Queen and XYL of JY1
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| JY2 || Queen of above
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| K0HWY || Tex Beneke || Band leader
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| K1JT || Dr. Joseph H. "Joe" Taylor || Nobel Laureate (1993)
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| K1OKI || Mickey Schulhof || Head of Sony US
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| K2AES || [[Tom Kneitel]] || Author, publisher (SK, August 2008)
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| K2HEP || John Sculley || Former CEO of Apple
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| K2ORS || Jean Shepard || author (SK)
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| K4LIB || Arthur Godfrey || TV performer (SK)
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| K6DUE || Roy Neal || Television reporter
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| K7TA || Clifford Stoll || Author & scientist
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| K7UGA || Senator (US) Barry Goldwater || (SK)
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| KB2GSD || Walter Cronkite || News reader (SK)
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| [[KB2OOR]] || William T. Godbey || aka "[[Havana Moon]]" (SK)
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| KB6LQR || Jeana Yeager || Voyager '86 pilot
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| KB6LQS || Dick Rutan || Voyager '86 pilot
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| KB6OLJ || Paul J Cohen || Mathematician
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| KC4OCA || Gordon Barnes || Weatherman
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| KD4WUJ || Patty Ramey, aka Patti Loveless || Country singer
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| KB5YSQ || Charlie Precourt || Astronaut
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| KC5CKM || Richard Searfoss || Astronaut
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| KC5ETH || Ronald Sega || Astronaut
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| KC5HBR || Jerry Linenger || Astronaut
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| KC5RSY || Scott Parazynsky || Astronaut
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| KC5TIE || Carl Walz || Astronaut
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| KC5TZQ || John Blaha || Astronaut
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| KD6OY || Garry Shandling || Comedian
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| KC7NHZ || Susan Helms || Astronaut
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| KG7JF || Jeff Duntemann || Author
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| LU1SM || Carlos Saul Menem || Ex President of Argentina - 8 de julio de 1989 – 10 de diciembre de 1999
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| N4BQW || Charles Brady || Astronaut
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| N4HDP || Col (ret) Joe Kittinger, USAF || Test pilot, first to cross the Atlantic solo in a balloon.
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| N4KET || David French || CNN newsman
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| N4RH || Ralph Haller || FCC PRB chief
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| N5FPW || [[Larry Van Horn]] || Author
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| N5QWL || Jay Apt || Astronaut
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| N5RAW || Steve Nagel || Astronaut
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| N5RAX || Linda Godwin || Astronaut and XYL of N5RAW
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| N5YYV || Kathy Sullivan,|| Chief Scientist NOAA, former astronaut
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| N6GGM || Laura || XYL of N6FUP
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| N6KGB || Stewart Granger (James Stewart) || actor
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| N6YOS || Priscilla Presley || Former wife of Elvis Presley
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| NK7U || Joe Rudi || Baseball player
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| ON1AFD || Count Dirk Frimouth || Belgian astronaut
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| [[RAEM]] || [[Ernst Krenkel]] (Зрнест Кренкель) || Polar explorer and Hero of the Soviet Union [http://goto.glocalnet.net/sm5iq/raemeng.html]
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| S21A || || Head of Bangladeshi PTT
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| SU1VN/P || Prince Talal of Saudi Arabia ||
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| SV2ASP/A || Monk Apollo ||
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| U2MIR/UV3AM || Musa Manarov (Муса Манаров) || Cosmonaut
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| UA1LO || Yuri Gagarin (Юрий Гагарин) || Cosmonaut (SK)
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| VK2BL || Graham Connelly || Radio announcer
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| VK2DIK || Dick Smith || Entrepreneur & millionaire
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| VK2IG || Dave Grey || Deputy Commissioner (???)
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| VK2KB || Sir Allan Fairhall || Politician
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| VK2YOW || Bob Hughes || Radio announcer
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| VP6TC || Tom Christian || Descendant of Fletcher Christian
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| VU2RG || Rajiv Gandhi || Prime Minister of India (SK)
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| VU2SON || Sonia Gandhi || XYL of VU2RG
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| W0ORE || Tony England || Astronaut
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| W2TQ || Joel Miller || IEEE lawyer
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| W3ACE || Armin Meyer || US Ambassador to Japan
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| W4LAA || Paul Kangas || Host of "Nightly Business Report" on PBS
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| W4ZG || Worth Gruelle || Actor
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| W5HLH || Harry L. Helms || (ex-AA6FW) Author (1952-2009)
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| W5LFL || Owen Garriot || Astronaut
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| W6EZV || General Curtis LeMay || SK
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| W6FZZ || Samuel F.B. Morse III ||
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| W6JKV || James Treybig || CEO of Tandem
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| W6QHS || || President of California Microware
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| W6QYI || Cardinal Roger Mahony ||
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| W6ZH || Herbert Hoover Jr || Son of ARRL Pres, grandson of US President
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| W8JK || John Kraus || Radio-astronomer, SK
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| WA2MKI || Larry Ferrari || Organ player
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| WA4CZD || Chet Atkins || Guitarist (SK)
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| WA4SIR || Ron Parise || Astronaut
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| WA6TJM || || President of ISD Inc
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| WB4KCG || Ronnie Milsap || Singer
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| WB6ACU || Joe Walsh || Singer
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| WB6RER || Andy Devine || Actor (SK)
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|}

==See also==
* [[Amateur radio]]

==External links ==
* [http://users.tellurian.com/gjurrens/famous_hams.html The Original Famous Hams and ex-Hams List] by N2GJ and W2SG
* [http://www.hamradio-online.com/notable.html Who Do You Think is A Ham Radio Operator?], Notable [[Amateur radio|ham radio]] operators around the World. List maintained by Dave Horsfall, VK2KFU.

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