Silent Keys
Vernon Sandiford, G0KSH, 10 February 2014
Vernon Hugh Sandiford, G0KSH passed away on 10/2/14. Vernon was a member of Central Lancs Amateur Radio Club and Lancashire RAYNET. In the late 80’s Vernon and others from CLARC used to give Morse practice sessions on 2m and I was one of his pupils. He will be greatly missed. Tribute by Eddy Wane, G0OFY […]
Norman Whitehead, G4HL, 5 September 2013
Norman Whitehead, G4HL died age 96 on 5 September 2013. He was licensed in 1939 in Lancashire and soon found himself called up into the Navy as a Radio Officer. Initially based in Dover, he was in Coastal Forces on Armed Trawlers, specifically HMS Clythness (FY1596) and later HMS Elm (T105), a larger Tree Class MS […]
Brian Davis, 2E0BGD, 15 February 2014
Brian G Davis, 2E0BGD, passed away on 15th of January 2014. Brian fulfilled his ambition to become a radio amateur after retirement from full time work in 1999. A life-long SWL, he had been a wireless operator with the RAF and had worked for Ordnance Survey and then in local government. Having passed what was […]
Peter Pitt, G3ICH, 11 February 2014
Peter Pitt, G3ICH passed away at the age of 87 on 11 February 2014, having been a Member of the RSGB for 61 years. He was almost solely a CW operator, this being his hobby and career. I often chided him, as I reckoned he didn’t own a microphone! Tribute by Doug Nias, G3VRB
Capt John Francis MBE, G3LWI (Royal Signals, Retd), 28 January 2014
John Francis died on 28 January 2014 at his home in the Isle of Wight. During his service with the Royal Signals he dealt with some of the most secret intelligence signals between the Royal Signals and GCHQ. It is very difficult to write a long tribute to John for the 30 years that I […]
Don Pike, G3WDY, 24 January 2014
It is with great sorrow that I am writing to inform RSGB members of the death of my father, Don Pike, G3WDY. He died peacefully in Dorset on 24th January 2014 after a period of ill health. He joined the RSGB in December 1965, while perfecting his morse code and gained his licence in March […]
