UK Amateur Radio Operator Celebrates 100th Birthday

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Tommy Knight, G2FUU celebrated his 100th birthday this month. He became interested in amateur radio when he left school because a friend was a radio amateur. Instead of waiting to be called up for WWII he decided to volunteer for the RAF and spent the war fitting radar into Spitfires.

After the war, he took his amateur radio licence and he has always been keen on overseas contacts. He has enjoyed regular skeds on Sunday mornings with radio amateurs in Australia, NZ and West Indies and occasionally he and his wife, Olive, met them in person for holidays.

Tommy is still very active on the air when he is able, especially as part of ROAR (Rotarians Over Amateur Radio) Net.

RSGB Exams and Syllabus Review Group Appoints New Member

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The RSGB Exams and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) has appointed a new member.

Jonathan Groves, M0VRI passed all three exams during lockdown and is a member of Bredhurst Receiving and Transmitting Society (BRATS). He enjoys HF operating and trying to find trans-Atlantic QSOs from a noisy suburban QTH.

Jonathan is also now an active Remote Invigilation volunteer.

Sweden's Oldest Radio Ham on TV

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Broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) interviewed Sweden's oldest radio amateur Tage Karlsson SM7ALI

Tage is 101 years old, and lives with his cat Hubert near Hässleholm. He became a radio amateur at the end of WWII.

“The funny thing is all the friends you get. Amateur radio enthusiasts are all over the world, I have lost count of everyone I’ve had contacts with.”
— Tage Karlsson SM7ALI