Silent Keys
Bob ‘Noz’ King, G3ASE, 5th April 2020
It is with great sadness that we learned that Bob ‘Noz’ King, G3ASE, became a Silent Key on Sunday the 5th of April, 2020. In 1941 Bob was recruited as a Voluntary Interceptor at the age of 16, followed by four and half years in the Radio Security Service stationed at Box 25, Arkley View, […]
Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, 7th March 2020
Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, became a silent key on 7 March 2020. Walter was a true Old Timer, whose professional and hobby involvement with radio extended over many decades – indeed, a whole working life, and then on into retirement. Walter was an RAF navigator from 1948 to 1957, mainly on transport aircraft in the UK, but also […]
Marc Litchman, G0TOC, 29 March 2020
Marc Litchman, G0TOC passed away on the evening of Sunday 29 March 2020. Marc had been in poor health for several months and didn’t recover from a major operation after a lengthy period in Intensive Care at St Bart’s Hospital, London. Joining Loughton & Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society (LEFARS) in 1995, Marc had many […]
Henry Pinchin, G3VPE, 31st March 2020
Henry was licenced in 1966 and was operational from Spennymoor, County Durham. He became an enthusiastic member of RAYNET soon afterwards, initially with Mid Severn Valley RAYNET Group, then Solihull and Chelmsley Wood RAYNET Group around 1979, and West Midlands County RAYNET Group. From July 1975 to December 1981 he was the RSGB Regional Representative […]
Keith Bache, 2E0CUZ, 4th March 2020
My 80 year old father Keith Bache, 2E0CUZ became SK on 04/03/2020 after a sudden but comprehensive coronary heart attack. He loved electronics and amateur radio in particular. John Bache, G7JMZ
Stuart Boast, G3WDL, 8 January 2020
Stuart Boast, G3WDL was born on 22 June 1945 and became a SK on 8 January 2020. Stuart was born in Doncaster and lived in the neighbourhood all his life. On leaving school he worked at the steel works in Scunthorpe but had ambitions of becoming a ships radio officer. This took him to the […]
