Silent Keys
Martin Richmond-Hardy, G8BHC – 5 May 2023
Martin Richmond-Hardy, G8BHC, died on 5 May 2023. Although most of you will not have worked Martin on the air he has contributed significantly to the Microwave cause. He was on the organising committee of EME2012 which was held in Cambridge; he was an original committee member of Martlesham Radio Society when G4BPO was winning […]
Ian Douglas, G7MFN – 6 May 2023
Ian had held both RSGB Regional and District Representative positions for many years as well as being a GB2RS News Reader for the Northeast of England until recently when ill health forced him to stand down. Ian was our local Aerial Planning resource and had great success in persuading local planning departments to allow many […]
Professor Martin Harrison, G3USF – 13 March 2023
Professor Martin Harrison G3USF, the former chairman of the RSGB’s Propagation Studies Committee, died on Monday 13 March 2023 at his home in Keele, aged 92 years. Martin was also IARU Region One beacon coordinator for many years and did much to encourage the development of beacons to assist day-to-day band usage and propagation study. […]
Simon Freeman, G3LQR – 28 March 2023
Simon, G3LQR, passed away peacefully on March 28th at the age of 88. He was one of the best known microwave and UHF call-signs on both sides of the North Sea. Simon was a pioneer in many fields of microwave radio and inspired many others to follow his lead. He had 30 firsts on the […]
Tony Laurence, G3GGI – 19 April 2018
As a young lad Tony had an obsession with radio communication. He attended The Wireless College in Colwyn Bay, then joined the Signals Corps. While in the Signals he was stationed in Austria at Thalerhof Airfield, Graz, where he monitored and intercepted post war Russian transmissions. Next he spent some time as Radio Officer on […]
Stuart Constable, M0CHW – February 2023
Many in the East Sussex area will recognise the callsign of Stuart M0CHW, an active amateur in the area for decades. Stuart passed away peacefully in his sleep in February. Following his early retirement from the Police Service, Stuart embraced radio as a hobby and, in true amateur spirit, spent much of his time increasing […]
