{"id":47831,"date":"2026-06-01T09:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=47831"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:27:35","slug":"rsgb-contest-support-committee-chair-ian-pawson-g0fct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/volunteers-week\/2026\/06\/01\/rsgb-contest-support-committee-chair-ian-pawson-g0fct\/","title":{"rendered":"RSGB Contest Support Committee Chair Ian Pawson, G0FCT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ian<\/p>\n

Why did you choose to volunteer with the RSGB? <\/strong>To help other people enjoy contesting. I enjoy puzzles.<\/p>\n

How long have you been an RSGB volunteer?<\/strong> Thirty-five years; I attended my first VHFCC<\/strong> <\/a>meeting on 2\u00a0May 1991.<\/p>\n

What would you say to people who are thinking of volunteering? <\/strong>It’s a great way to give back to something we enjoy.<\/p>\n

Which aspect of amateur radio would you still like to try? <\/strong>Not sure, I’ve tried so many aspects of amateur radio since I gained my first licence in 1974.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why did you choose to volunteer with the RSGB? To help other people enjoy contesting. I enjoy puzzles. How long have you been an RSGB volunteer? Thirty-five years; I attended my first VHFCC meeting on 2\u00a0May 1991. What would you say to people who are thinking of volunteering? It’s a great way to give back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volunteers-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47831","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\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47874,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47831\/revisions\/47874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}