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   ARLX014 King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, HS1A (SK)   
      
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   Special Bulletin 14  ARLX014   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  October 14, 2016   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLX014 King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, HS1A (SK)   
      
   Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), HS1A, died on October 13, after a long   
   period of declining health. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while his   
   physician father was at Harvard University, the king, whose name translated as   
   "strength of the land, incomparable power," was 88.   
      
   According to noted DXer Fred Laun, K3ZO/HS0ZAR, the king "was never very   
   active on the air, and, to my knowledge, the only QSOs he ever made were from   
   a handheld on 2 meter FM." He said HS1A was often "pictured using a handheld."   
   He also was pictured with a camera, as photography was one of his passions,   
   and he was a jazz enthusiast, who played the saxophone.   
      
   The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST), the country's IARU member   
   society, said on its website that the king was "presented the call sign HS1A   
   by the Ministry of Communications at Chitrlada   
   Palace" in 1989 in a ceremony witnessed by RAST officers. He was the ninth   
   monarch of the Chakri Dynasty, having ascended to the throne in June of 1946,   
   and was the world's longest-reigning monarch.   
      
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