RSGB Announces New General Manager

Steve Thomas M1ACB has been appointed as the new General Manager of the Bedford-based Radio Society of Great Britain 

Steve lives in Suffolk and is currently the RSGB Region 12 (England East & East Anglia) Manager. He represented the RSGB at the Cardiff Tim Peake launch event held on 14 December 2015 and has been working with many of the schools and local clubs involved in the Tim Peake GB1SS ARISS contacts.

He has visited the Essex Skills Nights at Danbury and been activity involved with the Suffolk RED Skills Nights.

Steve started his role on 11th April 2016 and there will be a brief period of overlap to ensure a smooth handover of responsibilities before the outgoing General Manager, Graham Coomber G0NBI, who leaves at the end of the month.

RSGB statement - http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2016/04/05/rsgb-announces-new-general-manager/

RSGB Region 12 Team - 
http://rsgb.org/main/about-us/regional-managers/england-east-and-east-anglia/meet-the-region-12-team/

Steve Thomas M1ACB Twitter - https://twitter.com/m1acb
Steve Thomas M1ACB Blog - https://m1acb.wordpress.com/
Steve Thomas M1ACB Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/steve.g.thomas

SARL Amateur Radio Hall of Fame

The SARL Amateur Radio have created a Hall of Fame, to honour amateur / ham radio  individuals who have made significant contributions to amateur  / ham radio hobby in South Africa. 

Operators inducted to the SARL hall of fame will be preserved in memory on a page on the SARL Web site. 
The first group of members will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the SARL AGM in May 2016.

Essays outlining the contributions of the 18 nominees can be found on the Hall of Fame page, accessible through a link on the Web site front page.

Nominees include historical stalwarts like John Streeter, Dixon Bennett and Dave Larsen, as well as modern-day contributors to our hobby.

SARL - http://www.sarl.org.za/

Hams Pass 100 Years

Two Ham Radio operators are celebrating their 100th Birthdays

UK Operator Laurie Gibson, G2BUP, celebrated his birthday on 16th March.

Laurie is an avid user of a Kenwood TS-570, and works with his friends within the hobby to maintain his antenna and shack.

In the States, Margaret 'Holly' Bevan N3MB, a member of the Anne Arundel Radio Club, celebrated her 100th birthday on 20th March.

In October 1942, she signed up to join the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), which was the World War II branch of the U.S. Naval Reserve. She was in the first group of enlisted WAVES.

Bevan took her first ham radio class in 1979 so she could communicate with her son Michael while he was onboard a Navy ship. She explained while he was home on leave, he told them (his parents) about ham radios and then told them he'd signed them up to take 12-week course to learn how to operate a ham radio and get a FCC license.

They went. "We were very obedient parents," she said.

Bevan enjoyed it and kept advancing all the way up to the "extra" certification, which is the highest level.