From ARRL de WD1CKS@VERT/WLARB to QST on Tue Jan 14 19:59:21 2020
01/14/2020
The Sultan of Oman Qaboos Bin Said, A41AA, died[1] on January 10. He was 79. The Diwan of the Royal Court has declared 3 days of mourning, with the flag flown at half-mast for the next 40 days. The sultan was the patron and sponsor of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) and its A47RS club station. He had been the Sultan of Oman since 1970.ÿ