Silent Keys
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 […]
Charles Frank Beech, VK7BC, 14 November 2019
Charles Frank Beech, known as Frank, was born on August 6th 1933. He grew up in England and attended radio school around the age of 16 where his love of radios began. From there he became a merchant marine radio officer for over 10 years, traveling the world on various ships. During that time he […]
David Simmonds, G3JKB, 7th November 2019
David (Dave) Simmonds, G3JKB, FOC 1950, passed away on the 7th of November 2019 after his health had deteriorated over the previous year. Dave joined the RSGB HQ staff in the summer of 1989, when HQ was still in Potters Bar, and shortly thereafter was appointed General Manager. David was licenced aged 16 in 1953 […]
Mick Gritton, M0UXO, 13 October 2019
It is with sadness to announce that BARS member Mick Gritton, M0UXO became, after a long, gallant fought battle with illness, silent key on Sunday the 13th of October. Mick joined BARS some years ago, taking all the exams to gain his licences from Foundation through to Advanced, joined RAYNET and soon became Controller for […]
Ian Brown, G3TVU, 24th September 2019
Ian Brown, G3TVU, known to his friends and colleagues as “Brownie”, passed away on Tuesday 24 September 2019 at the age of 78. Ian was a professional electronic engineer; he began his career at STC Microwave Systems, later moving to Rolls Royce Aero Space where he spent the remainder of his working life before retiring […]
Prof Les Barclay OBE, G3HTF, 31 July 2019
Professor Les W Barclay G3HTF died on 31 July 2019 at the age of 85. He had a very long and distinguished career in radio science and made significant contributions to the RSGB especially in its studies on radio wave propagation. In 1993, Professor Barclay received the ITU Silver Medal for his chairmanship of the […]
