Silent Keys
The Society regrets to record the passing of the following members.
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Peter Park GM3PIPPeter Park GM3PIP passed away on the 22nd May 2014 |
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Stan Sutherland GM4BKVStan Sutherland GM4BKV passed away on the 3rd April 2013 aged 90 years, following a short illness. |
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Maurice C Hately GM3HATMaurice Hately GM3HAT passed away on the 31st March 2012 aged 84 years. |
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Alex McKenzie Allan GM3ZBEAlex Allan GM3ZBE passed away at his home on Monday 23 January 2012 aged 69 years, after a long period of poor health. |
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Stuart McNicol GM3UUStuart McNicol GM3UU passed away on the 11th August 2005 in his 99th year. During WW2 Stuart had secretly carried out duties as a volunteer interceptor (VI) using his CW skills to listen for German Abwehr communications, which he passed on to the UK security services for evaluation. In his working life he pursued a legal career, during which he became Procurator Fiscal for the Aberdeen area. |
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Bertie McK Davidson GM3ALZBertie McK Davidson GM3ALZ passed away suddenly on Thursday, 28th January 1999. Bertie had been a sergeant in the Royal Corps of Signals and after returning to civilian life, was one of the earliest members of the Society. He was elected as President on several occasions during the 1950s and in 1960. His contributions during this period and in subsequent years were acknowledged in 1968 when he was appointed to the office of Honorary Vice-President. He will be remembered as well for keeping proceedings in order at our monthly Members' Junk Sales where he acted as the auctioneer for about thirty years. Bertie was also very enthusiastic about field events and took every opportunity to champion the Society's participation in these. He presented the Society with the Davidson Cup for Construction, which is awarded periodically by the committee to encourage members to build their own equipment. The call sign GM3ALZ is still active on the bands. It is now held by Bertie's son-in-law, Fred Gordon. |
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Other Silent KeysIf you can supply any further information about these SKs (dates, achievements etc), please get in touch. They will be added individually to the main SK listings in due course. Peter Elliott GM3GQH (passed away in 1994) |