Silent Keys
Sydney Hunt, G3YQ, June 2021
Sydney Hunt, G3YQ, passed away at the age of 108. His callsign was issued in 1938 and he remained active on the air until 2020 (with, of course, an enforced break during WWII). A lifelong radio amateur and electronics enthusiast, he built the first television in his home town of Grimsby and worked on RDF/radar […]
Tommy Knight, G2FYY, 5th July 2021
Tommy Knight, G2FYY passed away on Monday 5 July 2021 at the age of 100. He was featured in the April 2021 RadCom (p14) celebrating his centenary (see photo), when he received a card from Her Majesty. He became interested in amateur radio when he left school because his friend was a radio amateur. Instead […]
Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR, IARU R1 VP, 2nd July 2021
IARU is saddened to announce that IARU Region 1 Vice President Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR, died on 2 July 2021 following a prolonged period of hospitalisation with COVID. Faisal had been Region 1 Vice President since the 2014 General Conference and was an energetic and active supporter of amateur radio in the Arab world and globally. He was also an accomplished […]
Tom O’Reilly, G0NSY, 12 June 2021
We’ve received the very sad news that Tom O’Reilly, G0NSY, passed away on the morning of Saturday 12 June 2021. Tom volunteered for the RSGB as Regional Representative 9, covering London and Thames Valley, from 2016, and as a District Representative before that. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this difficult […]
Phillip Brooks, G4NZQ, 26 May 2021
We have received the very sad news that Phillip Brooks, G4NZQ passed away on the morning of 26 May 2021. Philip was a long-standing RSGB volunteer in a wide variety of roles, up to and including the Board. Phillip was not only an active member of the society but also of the Norfolk Amateur Radio […]
Archibold ‘Arch’ Doty Jr, W7ACD, 27 February 2021
Archibald Colville Doty Jr, W7ACD, passed away on the 27th of February 2021. Born to Margaret (Bunker) and Archibald Doty Sr on 28 March 1920, Arch grew up on Delavan Terrace in Yonkers, New York. He graduated high school from The Loomis Institute. In the autumn of 1939, Arch brought radio to Wesleyan University in […]
