{"id":45311,"date":"2026-02-13T11:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=45311"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:29:33","slug":"meet-international-member-ian-w6tcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/your-stories\/2026\/02\/13\/meet-international-member-ian-w6tcp\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet international member &#8211; Ian, W6TCP"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45312 \" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/02\/International-member-profile-Ian-W6TCP-e1770301335637-300x161.png\" alt=\"Radio amateur sitting in his shack in front of two screens\" width=\"540\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/02\/International-member-profile-Ian-W6TCP-e1770301335637-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/02\/International-member-profile-Ian-W6TCP-e1770301335637-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/02\/International-member-profile-Ian-W6TCP-e1770301335637-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/02\/International-member-profile-Ian-W6TCP-e1770301335637.png 798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Meet Ian, W6TCP (USA)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>How long have you been licensed?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>Since 1981 in the UK (as G4YUZ) and since 2001 in the USA, where I have been living since 1999.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>And how long have you been a member of the RSGB?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>I joined the RSGB in 1978 when I was a SWL.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>What would you say is the best thing about RSGB membership?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>The RSGB has been a part of my radio journey since the beginning and it&#8217;s important for me to support the RSGB even though I now live in the US. I enjoy reading RadCom and keeping up to date with the goings on. The technical articles are interesting as well as the other regular sections of RadCom.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>What would you say to someone considering whether to join the RSGB?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>I did &#8211; I told NA6O about the RSGB and gave him a few RadComs to read and he joined!<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Which is your favourite mode or band?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>I have always been interested in VHF\/UHF weak signal modes, not so much HF\/DXing (but I do have 312 countries worked\/confirmed). EME\/Moonbounce is what I am interested in mostly.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Ian, W6TCP (USA) How long have you been licensed? Since 1981 in the UK (as G4YUZ) and since 2001 in the USA, where I have been living since 1999. And how long have you been a member of the RSGB? I joined the RSGB in 1978 when I was a SWL. What would you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[403],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-your-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45311"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45616,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45311\/revisions\/45616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}