G3OUL, the earliest days!
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Below are various pictures
of founder members of the University of Liverpool Amateur
Radio Society, to stir the memories....
Thanks to Keith, G3NNW, the
young chap with the "Michael Cain" glasses, all the
rage in 1960, pictured below, at the Freshers'
Conference in 1961, for the picture archive!
Visit to Amateur Radio Exhibition
in London, outside the Royal Horticultural Hall, November 1960. |
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Above...from the Caernarvon
registration of the van I believe it belonged to GW3ODI's father?
Sadly Graham GW3ODI is now a silent key. I just remembered a
funny incident regarding Graham's van. We circled around a few
times and eventually located a free space in which to park it
(no meters back in 1960). The space was only 18 inches longer
than the van so we parked it by lifting it into place.. six engineers
at each end of the van but we dropped it at an angle and one
of the tyres fell off so Graham stayed behind to organise someone
to refit it while we made ourselves scarce! The following year
we had to hire a van from a place in Birkenhead.
Below, a picture received from
Alan Melia G3NYK in April 2018.. after the Amateur Radio Exhibition
tea at Euston Station café, here are, left to right: Alan
G3NYK, then Richard Feeman.. Bob thinks, then someone whose name
escape me for the moment, then Bob Titterington G3ORY, Dave Yates
G3PGQ, Dave Beaumont, and Keith Taylor G3NNW; Alan thinks Graham
Partington GW3ODI took the picture... |
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Below: Hampstead
Heath, early am before departing back to Liverpool from London
I remember it well. Dave
Kitson (standing on the right) was driving and for some reason
a police motorcyclist stopped us. I think we were moving really
slowly puzzling over a map to find our intended place of overnight
stay. "What's the problem", he said. Dave thinking
very rapidly replied in broken English with a strong French accent
said we were looking for "Amstead Eath". The policeman
thought for a moment then said... Follow me.. and led us there,
where we parked up till morning. |
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Above: ad hoc G3OUL meeting.
I think this might have been in the metallurgy department? |
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Below: Three pictures
from the Freshers' Conference 1961. G3OUL in the Students' Union
entrance hall attempting to recruit new members. We used to borrow
equipment from manufacturers.
There's a nice Eddystone receiver
with a small KW transmitter. On the left is the club receiver,
an AR77 and perched on the transmitter a G3PIY ATU for tuning
our long wire which stretched across the road to the Maths Department. |
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Keith Taylor, G3NNW
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Dave Kitson
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Eric Brindley, G3PAC
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Rogues' Gallery... see
below for up-to-date pictures (please send me a recent photo)
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Eric Brindley, G3PAC
Now in the USA.. click picture |
Frank Hines click to see a Moonbounce
experiment
Now in the USA |
Kevin Erents, G3SSW/T, G8AGY
Retired from Harwell
1942-2011 |
 Richard Butterfield, G8AGG, G3VYB)
Was "Microwave Modules" |
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Dave Beaumont |
Dave Yates, G3PGQ
Retired from the Beeb and now
lives in Norfolk. |
Keith Taylor, G3NNW |
and myself Allan Isaacs, G3PIY |
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And here are some of
the founder members of G3OUL now in 2015-2018
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Here's Frank Hines
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Here's Eric Brindley
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Here's Bob Titterington
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I'm missing quite a few
pictures including GW3ODI (alas Graham Noel Partington died on
20th June 2018 just turned 77 by 9 days) and others...
I have e-mail addresses for,
Richard Butterfield, Dave Yates (now in Norfolk), Frank Hines,
Eric Brindley and Keith Taylor
Can anyone identify the other
lads shown above now all septuagenarians? Alas Kevin Erents is
no more. He worked on nuclear fusion at Harwell until he retired
but I suspect got too near something nasty that resulted in his
early demise on 15th November 2011 aged 69. |
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1974
Left: Richard Butterfied G3VYB
Right: Richard Porter G3VXK
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