{"id":49516,"date":"2026-08-04T10:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=49516"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:51:09","slug":"graham-furlonger-m0kty-29-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/silent-keys\/2026\/08\/04\/graham-furlonger-m0kty-29-july-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Furlonger, M0KTY\u00a0&#8211; 29 July 2026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is with a very heavy heart, that I break the sad news of the passing of my great friend and radio mentor, Graham Furlonger, M0KTY on 29 July 2026. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-49517\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-at-bletchley-park-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-at-bletchley-park-1.jpg 443w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-at-bletchley-park-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-at-bletchley-park-1-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was a member of RSGB and local clubs near his home address, with such enthusiasm for radio and electronics, among many other interests , some of which we shared. In May this year, we had a day trip to Bletchley Park \/ RSGB, which he had visited with his tutor also, sadly SK.\u00a0 Graham was giving me early foundations in CW, which i hope to pursue and become as adept as he was.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-49518\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-shack-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-shack-pic.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-shack-pic-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-shack-pic-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-shack-pic-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/08\/M0KTY-graham-shack-pic-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Graham will be sadly missed by his family, friends, work colleagues and indeed anyone that new him in the broader amateur radio community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>73&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>John Beal, M7HOI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with a very heavy heart, that I break the sad news of the passing of my great friend and radio mentor, Graham Furlonger, M0KTY on 29 July 2026. He was a member of RSGB and local clubs near his home address, with such enthusiasm for radio and electronics, among many other interests , [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20377,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-silent-keys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49516","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\/20377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49519,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49516\/revisions\/49519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}