Silent Keys
Peter Sheppard, G4EJP, RSGB Past-President, 15th August 2020
We were saddened to receive news that RSGB Past-President Peter Sheppard, G4EJP passed away on the 15th of August 2020. Peter served the RSGB as President in 1996 and was made a Life Vice President in 2001. He suffered a serious head injury following a motorbike accident in 2001. A fuller tribute is in the […]
Keith Matthew, G0WYS, 30th March 2020
Members of Poldhu Amateur Radio Club mourn the loss of its Secretary, Keith Matthew, G0WYS, who passed away on the afternoon of Monday the 30th of March 2020 at the age of 78. After several decades of extensive service, support and commitment to the club, following a short post-operative illness Keith Matthew became a Silent […]
Professor Ramsay Shearman, 13th December 2019
Professor Emeritus, University of Birmingham, Ramsay Shearman DSc FREng FIET FRMetS FIEEE, 17 November 1924 – 13 December 2019 Awarded the Faraday medal of the IEE for achievements in HF Radar and Sea-State sensing Professor Ramsay Shearman was born in Cambridge on 17th November 1924. Whilst studying Electrical Engineering at Imperial College London during the Second […]
Tom Hall, GM3HBT, 13th April 2020
Tom Hall, GM3HBT passed away on Monday 13th April 2020 in Larkhall South Lanarkshire. He had been living in a care home for the past couple of years and succumbed to a respiratory issue he had been fighting the last few years. He had given up radio when he moved into the home but kept in […]
Peter Burden, G3UBX, 6th May 2020
Peter Burden, G3UBX passed away on May 6th following a short sudden illness (not Covid-19). He was a very keen radio enthusiast his whole life and regularly participated in contests with RSGB, including in the past couple of months. I unfortunately don’t know the names or contact details of those that he would contest with, […]
Tom Hall, GM3HBT, 14th March 2020
Tom Hall, GM3HBT became a silent key on the 14th of March 2020. He was a very keen radio amateur and member of the RSGB for the most part of his life. Originally from Doagh in County Antrim, he gained a BSc in Electrical Engineering at Queens University, Belfast. He moved to Larkhall in Scotland, […]
