Amateur Radio

Who are Amateur Radio Operators?

Amateur Radio Operators or ["HAMS"], come from all walks of life, King Hussein of Jordan was an operator, as is Lord Brian Rix and a number of top American politicians participate.

We have a large number of operators who are disabled, many are unsighted, wheelchair bound and often bedridden and all deserve a mention for their courage in pursuing this hobby sometimes under great difficulty. Here is a list of famous Amateurs (HAMS) collected from various sources.:

Noteable and Distinguished Amateur Radio Operators

[SK represents a Silent Key or Deceased]

7L2NJY Dr Mamoru Mohri, Japanese astronaut
9K2CS Prince Yousuf Al-Sabah
9N1MM Father Marshall Moran, missionary (SK)
A41AA Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said, Sultan of Oman
DP3MIR Dr Ulf Merbold, astronaut
EA0JC Juan Carlos, King of Spain
FO5GJ Marlon Brando aka Martin Brandeaux, actor
G0MSL James ?, town crier
G3EUJ Gillie Potter, comedian (The Squire of Frogmorton) (SK)
G3TZH Tony Dolby, brother of "the" Dolby
G3YLA Jim Bacon OBE, weatherman
G4CEZ Bill Kitchen, 1956 world champion speedway rider (SK)
GB1MIR Helen Sharman, astronaut

HS1A Bhumiphol Adulayadej, King of Thailand
HS1LY Prince Titiphan of Thailand
HZ1TA Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
I0FCG Francesco Cossiga, former President of Italy

JA1MP Sako Hasegawa, founder of Yaesu (SK)
JA5FHB Former Japanese Minister for Transport and Communications
JY1 King Hussein of Jordan (SK)
JY2 Queen of above

K0DWC Lt. General Francis Griswold
K0HWY Tex Beneke, band leader
K1JT Dr. Joseph Taylor Jr, 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Physics
K1OKI Mickey Schulhof, head of Sony US
K2HEP John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and Pepsi (lapsed)
K2ORS Jean Shepard, author
K2ZCZ George Patacki, Governor of New York
K4LIB Arthur Godfrey, TV performer (SK)
K4TPJ David Funderburk, member USA House of Reps
K6DUE Roy Neal, television reporter
K6IR Ken Miller, executive of many companies
K6RFU Albert Glasser, scores feature films (eh?)
K7TA Clifford Stoll, author ("Cuckoo's Egg") & astronomer
K7UGA/K3UIG Senator (US) Barry Goldwater (ret)
KA6HVA Burl Ives, singer (SK)
KA6UXR Dr. Alex Comfort, author of "The Joy of Sex"
KA7EVD Donnie Osmond, entertainer (lapsed)
KB2GSD Walter Cronkite, former news anchor
KB6LQR Jeana Yeager, Voyager '86 pilot
KB6LQS Dick Rutan, Voyager '86 pilot
KB6OLJ Paul J Cohen, mathematician
KB7LPW Len Winkler, radio talk show host
KC4OCA Gordon Barnes, weatherman
KD4WUJ Patty Loveless (Patricia Ramey), country singer, XYL of W4WRO
KD6OY Garry Shankling, comedian
KD6WUS Hugh Downs, TV compere ("Concentration")
KG7JF Jeff Duntemann, author and publisher of Coriolis Group
KH6IJ Katashi Nose, radio columnist and former physics professor (SK)
KI6M Stu Gilliam, comedian
KN4UB Larry Junstrom, rock musician (bass player in .38 Special)
KX2Z Tony Bongiovi, cousin of Jon Bon Jovi

LU1SM Carlos Saul Menem, President of Argentina

N4KET David French, CNN newsman
N4RH Ralph Haller, FCC PRB chief
N5YYV Kathy Sullivan, Chief Scientist NOAA (former astronaut)
N6CKF Lloyd Bochner, actor ("Colby")
N6FFT ?, talk radio host
N6FUP Stu Cook, bass player for CCR
N6GGM Laura, XYL of N6FUP
N6KGB Stewart Granger (born James Stewart), actor (SK)
N6NHG Kevin Mitnick, cracker
N6YOS Priscilla Presley (Lou Lou Beaulieu), actress (Elvis?)
N9LC George Sweigert, inventor of cordless phone (was W8ZIS)
NK7U Joe Rudi, baseball player (ret)
NZ6N Randy Powell, actor (was WA0QZW)

ON1AFD Count Dirk Frimouth, Belgian astronaut
SV2ASP/A Monk Apollo
TI2DR David Ruben MD, author of "Everything you wanted to know..."
U2MIR/UV3AM Musa Manarov, cosmonaut
UA1LO Yuri Gagarin, cosmonaut (SK)

VE3RX Arthur Meen, former Ontario Cabinet minister
VE3VGW Gilles Morin, Ontario MPP and Deputy Speaker
VK2AHU Dick Huey, professor-emeritus (was VK2HU)
VK2AHZ Tex Morton (Robert Morton), singer (SK)
VK2AXN Keith Alder, former chief of AAEC
VK2BL Graham Conolly, radio announcer and former voice on VNG
VK2CAX Dr. Ken McCracken, founding Chief of CSIRO Mineral Physics
VK2DIK Dick Smith, entrepreneur & millionaire
VK2EF Sir Ernest Fisk, MD of AWA, radio pioneer (SK)
VK2KB Sir Allan Fairhall, politician
VK2YOW Bob Hughes, radio announcer
VK3JU Ross Hull, Australian radio pioneer
VK4HA Harry Angel, centenarian
VK4HH Norman Hurll (was VK2BC), inventor
VK5AX Alf Traeger, inventor of the pedal wireless
VK5NIV Ivan Venning, Australian MP
VK6TP/G3KDH Tommy Price, speedway rider of Wembley fame
VR6TC Tom Christian, great*3-grandson of Fletcher Christian
VU2RG Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (SK)
VU2SON Sonia Gandhi, XYL of VU2RG

W0CXX Arthur Collins, founder of Collins Radio (SK)
W0ORE Tony England, astronaut
W2JOF Cliff Richard (Harry Webb), singer
W2SKE Bill Leonard, former President of CBS News (SK)
W2TQ Joel Miller, IEEE lawyer
W2ZGU John Campbell, editor of "Analog" (SK)
W3ACE Armin Meyer, former US Ambassador to Japan
W4WRO Emory Gordy Jr, record producer and OM of Patty Loveless KD4WUJ
W4ZG Worth Gruelle, started "Raggedy Ann and Andy"
W5LFL Owen Garriot, astronaut
W6EZV General Curtis LeMay (SK)
W6FZZ Samuel F.B. Morse III, grandson and speed record holder
W6JKV James Treybig, CEO of Tandem
W6LNH Fred Gately (SK), Director of photography for the following TV shows: Hazel, Bewitched, Trapper John MD.
W6NRM Robert Weitbrietch(?), physicist, developer of TTY for deaf (SK)
W6OBB Art Bell, talk radio host
W6QHS ?, Chairman and President of California Microware (ret)
W6QYI Cardinal Roger Mahoney
WA6RNG Byron S. Paul, Hollywood producer, ex-business partner of Dick Van Dyke.
W6UK Alvino Rey, musician/bandleader
W6ZH Herbert Hoover III (former ARRL Pres, grandson of US Pres)
W8JK John Kraus, radio astronomer
WA2MKI Larry Ferrari, organ player
WA4CZD Chet Atkins, guitar player
WA4SIR Ron Parise, astronaut
WA6TJM President of ISD Inc
WB4KCG Ronnie Milsap, singer
WB6ACU Joe Walsh, rock musician (James Gang and The Eagles)
WB6RER Andy Devine, cowboy actor (SK)

YN1AS General Anastasio Somoza, former President of Nicaragua (SK)
ZK1AN Sir Thomas Davis, former Premier of Cook Islands

Suspected or callsign unknown:

Freeman Gosden, actor (SK)
"Some royalty of the Netherlands"
Some Malaysian head of state?
James Hardie (Aussie entrepreneur)
Stan Gadsen (ditto)
John Button, Australian senator
St. Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (SK)
Merville Shavelson (W6?), Hollywood director
Roc Kirby VK3???, chairman Village Roadshow Corp
Dale Buggins, motorcycle stunt rider (SK)
Fred Gwynn ("Herman Munster") (SK)
Violinist of LA Philharmonic
Dr. Russell Hulse, co-shared with K1JT (lapsed)
Elke Sommer's husband
Edwin Armstrong (SK)
Very Rev Dr John Flynn OBE, founder of Flying Doctor (SK)
James Clark, founder and chairman of Silicon Graphics
Clive Robertson, Australian radio host
Dr Amar Bose (Bose Audio)

Disputed (maybe, maybe not):

Tony Hancock, actor (SK)
Neil Armstrong, astronaut (but see Edwin)
Richard Feynman, scientist (SK)

Never licensed (but rumours circulate):

Bernard Goetz
Jon Bon Jovi (but see KX2Z)
Jose Feliciano
Andy Griffith
Jimmy Stewart, actor and/or USAF reserve officer
HRH Prince Phillip, patron of RSGB

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Taekwondo

Below is the club Coat of Arms for the Living Well Tae Kwon Do Club at Gatwick
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Taekwondo has nothing remotely to do with Amateur Radio to the best of my knowledge, but it's a great sport and my nephew Derek (Del) has a great deal to do with Taekwondo at the Gatwick Club.

Originally developed as a means of self-defence, Taekwondo has developed into a competitive sport while still retaining the traditional background that martial arts are known for.

Literally translated, Taekwondo means "the way of striking with hand and foot."Benefits of studying Taekwondo include improved physical condition, confidence, and discipline. After years of training, the entire body can be used to defend against attacks from any direction or height.

Techniques learned in Taekwondo are used in sport competition, demonstrations, and in life-threatening situations.