Silent Keys
Pamela Rose, G4STO – 11 November 2024
Pam Rose – Late Hon. Secretary of Lincoln Short Wave Club, died on 11 November 2024 after a long illness. She had been a member of the Lincoln Short Wave Club since in the late 1970s. I met her 25 years ago when I joined the LSWC. Pam was remarkable. Not only in her professional […]
Nigel AT Hardy, ZL2TX – 17 June 2024
Nigel (ex-G3TJD) was a keen CW DXer, as both G3TJD and , for most of his life. While working as a lab’ assistant in Stafford in 1965, he established a radio club in the local Grammar School which enabled a few of us to get our licences. He had been a radio operator in the […]
Robert Coombes (Bob), G3ZNH – 10 May 2024
Bob passed away on 10 May 2024 at home after being poorly for a number of years. When we moved to Whitsbury, he had so many plans for his new Shack but unfortunately his health would not allow him to fulfil the challenges of transmitting from such a low spot. Bob was quietly proud of […]
Tony Gilbey, G4YTG – 23 February 2024
President, Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) 2015 to 2023 Tony’s parents bought him an SX24 Hallicrafters receiver when he left Technical College to start work with the GPO as a “Youth in Training”. His family used it as the main set at home and he would listen to “The Shaving Club” on Top band. During […]
Bob Wilkinson, G3VVT – 13 February 2024
Bob Wilkinson, G3VVT, started his interest and career in communications when he started repairing TVs and radios at a local electrical shop in Colne. Maybe this piqued his interest in amateur radio or maybe it was the other way round. He then moved to Rediffusion TV rentals, based in Keswick and Kendal, where he managed […]
George Short, G2DGB – 9 February 2024
George became interested in radio in the late 1930s and joined Weymouth & District Short Wave Club (G8WQ) in 1938. He achieved an AA (Artificial Aerial) licence in March 1939, callsign 2DGB. He was called up for national service in July 1939 and de-mobbed in January 1946 after which he managed to get a full […]
