King Hussein was an amateur radio operator. As a ham radio operator, King Hussein was known as JY1. I can remember hearing him occasionally on Providence area repeaters when he sometimes came to the United States to visit his son who was studying at Brown University at the time. (Unfortunately, I never got the chance to work him on the air.)
Below is a clip of King Hussein on the radio, talking with NASA astronaut Owen Garriott in 1983. Garriott, a ham radio fan, was the first astronaut to get an amateur radio gig up in space, on the Space Shuttle Columbia. While he was passing over the Red Sea, he made radio contact with King Hussein. Listen in as Hussein ("Juliet Yankee One") talks with Garriott ("W Five Lima Foxtrot Lima").
According to the American Radio Relay League (AARL) -- Hussein was a life member -- the conversation with the space shuttle was a high point in the king's ham radio career. You can read more background about it here from NASA.
JY1 was a classy guy both on and off the air.
