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G3UML
Posted: 08 Oct 2016 01:30 PM PDT
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Episode 114 - Laurie margolis - G3UML Sometimes, amateur radio can play
an important role in shaping the news around World Events. For BBC
correspondent and amateur radio operator, Laurie Margolis, G3UML, it was on
amateur radio that Laurie discovered, reported and scooped the invasion by
Argentina of the Falkland Islands starting the Falklands war in 1982.
Laurie and I discuss this event and the rest of his ham radio journey in
this QSO Today. Show Notes
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The BBC's Laurie Margolis broke news of Falklands invasionA family and its
rubbish - an everyday story of unnecessary wasteTwitter G3UMLDXpedition to
Kiritimati (Christmas Island)
Father, Maurice Margolis, G3NMR
Movie: Laurie's father, Maurice, was inspired to amateur radio by the movie
Race for Life
Eddystone receivers
Radio Society of Great Britain
Collins KWM1 Transceiver
First License: 1964, Age 14, G3UML
Jonathan Margolis, brother, technology writer for financial times
First Rig:
KW Viceroy SSB Transmitter
Hammarlund HQ 170 receiver
Cubical Quad
Favorite Bands and mode: 10, 15, and 20 meters. 90% of the time on SSB
KH7X Ohau Contest Club
Current Rig: Yaesu FT2000 transceiverSPE Expert 1K - 1Kw amp with antenna
tunerTriband dipoleInverted L 80 metersDelta loop on 40 meters
EZhang - slingshot to shoot pull string over a tree
Eddie Giorgadze, 4L4FN, operated from North Korea
AMSAT
United Nations World Food Program
Chelsea College
London University - Journalism
UK 30 Year Rule
King Hussein of Jordan, JY1, 1970, London
IRA 2001 blew up BBC television television center
Falkland Islands, "Crown Possession"
South Georgia Island
Langham Hotel Office Block, London
G3AYC club station
Bob, VP8LP, Falkland Islands - Lauries contact in the Falklands that told
him of the invasion
Port Stanley, the "city" of the Falkland Islands
Lord Carrington
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the UK when the Falklands were invaded
Armenian Earthquake 1990
Peace for Galilee invasion, 1982
Miners Strike in Great Britain
IRA terrorism
London Tube train bombings, 2005
T32C Christmas Island DXpeditions
G5ATM was King Husseins UK call sign
Peter Snow, BBC correspondent and author or Leilas Hijacked War
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