Silent Keys
Alan Burnett, G0IFC – 24 January 2025
A founder member of the Tiverton Amateur Radio Club, Alan G0IFC became Silent Key on 24 January 2025 at the age of 77. Alan was passionate about Amateur Radio for almost 40 years and, until recently, was licence-holder of the Tiverton club’s call sign G4TSW. As Chairman of the club for many years, he set […]
Barrie Clark, G3VCL – 3 December 2024
Barrie Clark – G3VCL – passed away at home, in Southampton, UK on the 3rd December 2024. He had been a keen radio amateur for over 50 years, operating from both the UK and while working overseas in Zambia and Oman. Whilst he hung up his key a few years ago, his knowledge and love […]
Pamela Rose, G4STO – 11 November 2024
Pam Rose – Late 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 the late 1970s. I met her 25 years ago when I joined the LSWC. Pam was remarkable. Not only in her professional approach to […]
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 […]
