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19 Jan 2017 - My Contacts in 1978 with the Last Radio Amateur in Tehran by
Geoff, G4CEP

Posted: 20 Jan 2017 03:56 AM PST
http://www.sadars.co.uk/archives/1451


Geoff told of how he was working for BAe in the UK when the Shah of Iran
left and Ayatollah Khomeini came to power. BAe had about a hundred
employees with families living there. Geoff had made a QSO with an employee
working for BAe in Tehran, and the company wanted him to keep in contact so
as to get news in and out. Eventually, telephones and telex lines were down
and it appeared Geoff was the companys only contact. They even bought him a
better aerial!Â* He was paid to stay at home and do daily contacts to
arrange evacuations.

The evenings narrative then went over to Vic Ludlow, G3JLZ who had
travelled to the meeting to give his side of events from the Tehran
perspective.Â* The TV news they had seen in Tehran hadnt given a hint as to
what was actually going on in the country, but GeoffÂ* was able to let Vic
know what was being reported on television in the UK . At one point Â*the
employees were rounded up and taken under armed guard for interrogation.
Vic said he just played the simpleton, which he said was easy for him.
Eventually, they were all bussed to an embassy building in the north, then
finally arrangments were made for a VC10 to pick them up and they were on
their way home. To Vics surprise, he was paid Danger money which his wife
insisted he use to buy a new transceiver!

L to R: Â* Vic Ludlow and Geoff Morris

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