The Radio Amateurs is a special group of people and now and then we had some in the intake.
Way back we had a person that landed up at the School of Signals and he made a big contribution to our training of troops and Permanent Force (PF"s)members due to his specialised knowledge.
These were the days before cellphones. We had to work with High Frequency(HF) and VHF radios.
Now this particular individual was also a "car" man. I always remember him as a Jaguar man and when I see a Jaguar then I think of him. He drove a Jaguar but for us that were pretty impressive as our salaries were not of such a nature that we could afford such vehicles.
Back to the radios - to be a radio amateur you needed to be able to do the Morse code and that was not a easy thing to do. You also had to write a technical exam which were pretty though.
Their passion is radios and I can imaging with all the technological advances it is just improving.
I loved to listen to them talking all over the world with their contacts. They are a group of people that made a huge contribution to our Society that to my mind is still today not recognised.
To the young man of that time who taught us about radios and frequency prediction we salute you - you are one of the best.
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