Radio Hams Continue Support of RNLI

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Barrow RNLI has received a donation of £650 from the Furness Amateur Radio Society

The RNLI is the charity which saves lives at sea, and in order to do so they rely mainly on generous donations from members of the public for their income.

“The Furness Amateur Radio Society are ardent supporters of the RNLI’s Barrow station and have, in recent years, regularly broadcast from our station to raise money for the lifeboat, spreading the word about our charity to all of the UK and much of Europe.

This year over two weekends their efforts raised an impressive £650 for Barrow Lifeboat and we were delighted to be able to thank them as they made a cheque presentation aboard our Tamar Class all weather lifeboat ‘Grace Dixon’.”
— Barrow RNLI spokesman, Chris Clouter

Skip Tenney, W1NLB - SK

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Ham Radio Magazine cofounder and publisher Skip Tenney, W1NLB, of Francestown, New Hampshire, died on 4th August 2019 after a period of declining health. He was 89.

In 1968, Tenney and Jim Fisk, W1DTY (SK), joined forces to publish Ham Radio Magazine, which was published for 23 years.

Tenney launched the spin-off Ham Radio Report, edited by Joe Schroeder, W9JUV (SK), a weekly Amateur Radio newsletter, and in 1978, Ham Radio Publishing Group started Ham Radio HORIZONS, aimed at a more general ham radio readership.

Ham Radio Publishing Group was sold to CQ Communications in 1990, and in his retirement, Tenney was a farmer in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Prof Les Barclay OBE, G3HTF - SK

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Professor Les Barclay, OBE, BSc, FREng, FIET, G3HTF, passed away on the 31st of July 2019 at the age of 85. Among many other fine works, Les was a Corresponding Member of the RSGB Propagation Studies Committee and a leading light in propagation research.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) published an obituary of Prof Barclay outlining his major contributions to science.

Prof Barclay Obituary - https://www.itu.int/en/Pages/Barclay.aspx