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Tibet Radio Operator, Diplomat Robert W. Ford, ex-AC4RF, SK

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Robert W. Ford, who operated from Tibet as AC4RF from 1948 to 1950, died September 20 in London. He was 90. His fascinating autobiography, Wind Between the Worlds, published in 1957 and available as a free Internet Archive download, describes his time and travails in Tibet and how his radio work nearly cost him his life.



As Ford explains, he first came to Tibet “by accident” to relieve the radio...





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