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RSGB Board Change, G3WRO

| September 18, 2018

Keith Haynes, G3WRO, has recently decided to step down as an RSGB Board Director, for personal reasons. Keith was co-opted to the Board following his proposal by the Nominations Committee, and took on the liaison responsibilities for the RSGB Awards and Regional Team. He was highly qualified to look after these areas of the Society, […]

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Gordon Hunter, GM3ULP, 12 September 2018

| September 17, 2018

It’s with great sadness we have to inform Members, especially those in Regions 1 & 2, that their previous Regional Representative (Regional Manager) Gordon Hunter, GM3ULP, passed away on 12 September 2018, peacefully, in Wishaw hospital after a long illness. Gordon was an RSGB member for more than 50 years and had an interest in […]

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Brian M Johnson, G3LOX, 4th July 2018

| August 29, 2018
Brian M Johnson, G3LOX, 4th July 2018

Brian was born in 1925 in Liverpool. Just before the Second World War he began his career as an apprentice radio engineer; when it did begin he volunteered to become a member of the Home Guard. Soon after that he received his call up papers to do national service; he joined the army where postings […]

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YOTA 2018: Day 7

| August 25, 2018
YOTA 2018: Day 7

Our final day Most of the day was spent packing our bags and getting ready to leave the hotel. Our flight was a little later in the day, so we had some time to talk to others and say a proper thanks to the organisers for putting on such a brilliant event. After we got […]

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YOTA 2018: Day 6

| August 25, 2018
YOTA 2018: Day 6

Today was our final day of activities and we started off the day going to Dinokeng Game Reserve. Yes, we were going on safari! Safari We got up at a more respectable time of around 7am, which compared to the balloon launch, was a long lie-in! Plus the weather was quite nice and nowhere near […]

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YOTA 2018: Day 5

| August 25, 2018
YOTA 2018: Day 5

Trips to local companies Our penultimate day of activities included two group outings, one to a local PCB manufacturer, Bosco. Their website can be found at: http://www.bosco.co.za/ The second group went to a military company, GEW, which specialises in direction finding and radio jammers. Their website can be found at: http://www.gew.co.za/ Myself and Peter went […]

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