{"id":49244,"date":"2026-07-23T16:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=49244"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:41:24","slug":"meet-international-member-eric-k9gy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/your-stories\/2026\/07\/23\/meet-international-member-eric-k9gy\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet international member – Eric, K9GY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meet Eric, K9GY (USA)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We caught up with Eric, K9GY at WRTC 2026, where he was attending as a spectator. Eric joined the RSGB at the 2026 Dayton Hamvention.<\/h4>\n

How long have you been licensed? And why did you get into amateur radio?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Since 1977. My dad was a high school electronics teacher and wanted to fly his radio controlled planes on the 50 MHz band (6m). So he pursued an amateur radio licence. I went along to copy the Morse code and eventually got my licence as well.<\/h4>\n

What would you say is the best thing about RSGB membership?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

So far it’s been the free entry to Bletchley Park, which has come in useful for my visit to the UK in June and July.<\/h4>\n

What would you say to someone considering whether to join the RSGB?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I believe it\u2019s important to support national societies that advocate on ham radio\u2019s behalf.<\/h4>\n

What is your favourite mode?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

CW, 20 through 10m mainly, contesting.<\/h4>\n

What have enjoyed most about WRTC?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Meeting other hams.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Eric, K9GY (USA) We caught up with Eric, K9GY at WRTC 2026, where he was attending as a spectator. Eric joined the RSGB at the 2026 Dayton Hamvention. How long have you been licensed? And why did you get into amateur radio? Since 1977. My dad was a high school electronics teacher and wanted […]<\/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-49244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-your-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49244","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=49244"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49259,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49244\/revisions\/49259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}