In this section are listed the Silent Key (Obituary) notices for members and former members of the Lothians Radio Society and other local Radio Amateurs.
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Glenroy (Glen) Campbell GM3HNE died on 27th March 2019 aged 87 in a care home in West Lothian where he had lived for several years. Photo above and QSL card courtesy of his family. Other photos by Alan GM3PSP.
Born in November 1931 and originally licensed as G3HNE in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1951 Glen joined the RAF in the 1950s as an electrical engineer with outside interests in radio and television. He moved to Paisley in 1953 becoming GM3HNE and attended the Glasgow University Radio Club and later the West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society. After moving to Edinburgh in the 1970s he lived in Corstorphine and later at Roseburn and joined the Lothians Radio Society.
He was a keen contestant in LRS 160m Direction Finding Competitions in their early years, but his other radio activities are not known at this time, apart from attending LRS Junk Sales (now "Surplus Equipment Sales").
Read more: Silent Key - Glen Campbell GM3HNE - 27th March 2019
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David Anderson GM4JJJ / ex-GM8HEY of Urquhart, Fife died on 14th March 2019 at the age of 67 after a long struggle with cancer. He was a very active VHF / UHF / microwave / moonbounce. His funeral at Dunfermline Crematorium on 25th March 2019 was attended by several LRS members. Photo from funeral order of service.
Click for RSGB SK written by GM3SEK.
Read more: Silent Key - David Anderson GM4JJJ / ex- GM8HEY - 13th March 2018
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John Royston Buchanan, ex-GM8BYF, a former member of the LRS in the 1960s-70s, died suddenly at home on 18th July 2018.
Ken Dons GM0AXY / formerly LA6EF writes: John and I worked alongside one another at Ferranti, Crewe Toll back in 1965 to the 1970's. He was "my" techie who did all the wiring and layouts etc of prototypes of designs of the early CAD equipment; digitizers and plotting equipment … those were the pioneering days of computer graphics, hi!
We never spoke on the air; not as radio amateurs at any rate; we did "speak" using some mobile Cambridge radios, transmitting text and some rudimentary graphics; it was eventually installed with the Metropolitan Police as one of their earliest mobile data systems! "
Read more: Silent Key - John Royston Buchanan ex-GM8BYF - 18 July 2018
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Frank Benson GM8EKF, a former committee member of the Lothians Radio Society, died on 23rd April 2018 at the age of 88. His funeral was attended by David Henderson GM6KGZ who writes:
"I have known Frank since 1982, he lived near the Botanic Gardens and was a keen gardener, He was also a keen musician and played the organ, piano and keyboard, he was also interested in weather observation using weather satellites and home weather stations when they became available.
When I first met him he was active on all bands HF, VHF and UHF, as he got older he became less active on the HF Bands and more active on 2 metres and 70 cms. using SSB and FM where he had regular skeds with Ron GM4IKU and John GM3LHV"
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