GUS BROWNING

MR. RADIO, W4BPD
Earth, by NASA LAST EDIT: January 01, 2008 springfieldsc.us Rough Seas! W4BPD ARCHIVE POST MASA IN TOKYO DX TERMS Around the World!	MR. RADIO, W4BPD, GUS M. BROWNING, known around the world in the 1960s, 70s and 80s was an adventurious Ham Radio expert from Orangeburg, South Carolina. He sailed the seas several times around the world.

	MR. RADIO, W4BPD, and GUS M. BROWNING; three names, one person! Anyone associated with Ham Radio during the years mentioned in the marquee would have known of Mr. Browning. He sailed the seas around the world several times setting up Ham Radio stations in remote lands from which few, or no radio transmissions had ever been transmitted. GUS M. BROWNING, 1908-1990 AGNES S. BROWNING, 1913-2007 Portrait of Gus M. Browning, painted in 1965 by Letty Hulmes. His portrait was commissioned by a loyal advertiser in Mr. Browning's DXers Magazine. The portrait is 20X24 inches, and hangs on the wall in the home of Mrs. Sandra Hill, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Browning. Mrs. Agnes "Peggy" Browning on the shore of the Caspian Sea in 1965. Recently found photos from GUS M. BROWNING (W4BPD) PHOTO COLLECTION. It is believed that this is the first color photo ever published of Mr. Browning's world travels. More will be published on a frequent basis. Visit this page frequently to see new photos. Photo inserted on Sept. 19, 2007 GUS AND HIS FORD MODEL T. Circa 1925-26. Gus would have been about 17 or 18. Mr. Masayoshi Ebisawa had been writing short stories about famous DX's for the Japanese radio magazine DENPA KAGAKU, and asked Gus for his autograph when Gus visited Tokyo in 1964. This is a copy of Masa's cherished autograph which he has kept for more than 40 years. Please visit Masa's Web site linked in the left column. Also, for additional information about Masa go to the W4BPD ARCHIVE POST in left column. K4CRF K4CRF was the call sign of John A. B. Wertz. Johnny, as we called him, was a well know Ham Radio enthusiast and resident of Springfield, SC during the late 1940s through the1980s. He was also a fellow pilot and aircraft owner, therefore, this is tribute to him. Copyright © 2006-2008John W. Baxley All rights reserved.