G3NOH Silent Key

Our longest serving workshop engineer, George Eddowes passed away in hospital on Sunday 25 th of July.

Our senior engineer George died on Sunday the 25 after a short illness. I first met George back in the seventies working for Amateur Radio Exchange and George was one of the first customers to buy a TS-950 off me at my own store in Ealing, trading it in for an FT-1000.

He was a great engineer and will be missed by many, including his works colleagues, customers and Hams around the world.

 

FUNERAL INFORMATION:

George will be cremated at Mortlake Crematorium, (see: http://www.mortlakecrematorium.org) on Friday the 13th at 4:00pm, Service at 4:30pm. A wake for George will follow at the Drayton Court Hotel & Pub (his local) in the Avenue, Ealing W13. (see: http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=4&itemid=85&task=View)

As a mark of respect for our favourite old timer engineer George, ML&S will close early at 3pm that day so we can attend the service.

Donations to his favourite charity, The “RAIBC”,  Radio Amateur Invalid & Blind Club would be gratefully received either via W.S. Bond 19 Bond Street, Ealing London W5 5AP or directly to www.raibc.org.uk/donate 

Messages:

I was saddened to read about George g3noh on your website, he was a lovely man & I'm sure he'll be sorely missed by all who knew him.RIP George.

73, Dick. G4DJC

I listened to the radio and connected, I'm terribly sorry, my condolences to the family

Tony/IK0OZD

Just heard that George G3NOH has gone SK - so sad - a really nice guy. First time we met George was at RSGB HQ the day they did the Morse Assessments for existing licence holders for the then new Foundation Licence - he took Kath for 1 of the first sessions. We'll both miss him.

Kath, M1CNY & Dave, M0OBW

I was very sad to learn that George, G3NOH, is now a Silent Key.

We worked together as RemSysOps on the DX Cluster (GB7DXH and it's associated links) and probably exchanged thousands of messages as we administered the network.

He had many amusing stories about the BBC Wimbledon coverage, with which he had been associated.

Later, by an accident of fate, George took my M3 morse exam.

Ending his career at Martin Lynch, George was unfailing courteous and helpful, working on many of my radios.

A true gentleman he is a great loss not only to his friends and colleagues, but to the world of amateur radio as a whole.

Rest in Peace.

Derek G8TOK

I just heard that George had passed away. I was very saddened by this.

George took the very last Morse examination 24 hours before the morse test requirement was abolished. He offered me encouragement in this test and with a friendly smile made the exam less stressful. He calmed my nerves and made the whole thing possible.

Will be sadly missed

Phil Blythe – M0PSH

Just heard the terrible news about G3NOH. George was a super chap and an asset to the hobby. I will never forgot our days as CW examiners and the wisdom and patience he displayed. A true gentleman of the hobby and he will be very sadly missed. Please pass on my condolences to his family.

Ryan G5CL

I am sadden of Georges demise but can you pass on mine and my dads regards to the family....My dad could tell you a few stories about George from the Veralum days...

Im sure you will miss him greatly from his wealth of knowledge...

Mark

I was very shocked to hear about the death of George the engineer. He was one of the "back room" boys, but his work is known by many within the hobby.

Regards, Paul S. G6TSF

It is sad to see the notice of the passing of George.  Lorna and I remember him taking the 'M3' morse assessment for us some years ago and regularly meeting him at subsequent 'hog roasts', his knowledge and technical skill will be difficult to replace.

Please pass on our condolences to his family and of course to you, his friends.

Kind regards

Stephen & Lorna Froggatt    G1LMN  &  2E1EFT

Sorry to hear about George G3NOH.

Do you have any funeral details?

73 - Nigel G3TXF

Those of our club members who are FOC will doubtless have learned from their Reflector that George became a silent key yesterday. Dave Wood was kind enough to email me with the sad news this morning, understanding as he does that I had known George for over forty years when we were both members of Verulam Radio Club in St. Albans. 

At that time, if I recall correctly, George was a part of one of the BBC outside broadcast teams and it was on his way to join this group early one morning when he suffered serious injuries in a road accident which, despite a very long spell in hospital, eventually cost him the loss of one leg below the knee.  Whilst in hospital we loaned him various ham radio bits, including a transceiver and a keyer, and he got the hospital electrician to put up an antenna for him, so that he could work lots of DX to pass the hours! After his discharge from hospital, never one to harp on about his disabilities, George threw himself into supporting the next Verulam NFD.....and that didn't just mean operating ..... we had to stop him going up a ladder to make adjustments to our HF beam! 

Nine years ago when we ran the Titanic 90th Commemorative Station in Godalming, George was one of our operators and, as several WVARG members will remember, he set a standard which was hard to follow.

When I left St. Albans and came to live in Guildford I lost personal contact with George and the Verulam Club, but I worked him once in a while, and I saw his photo quite often in various ham magazines, including one in which he had won First Prize in a competition for the UK's most untidy shack!   As many of you will know, in his more recent years he worked for Martin Lynch & Sons, first at Ealing, and subsequently at Chertsey. When I bought my Yaesu 857 nearly three years ago it was George who wide-banded it for 5MHz.

When I left Verulam one of our then members, who was a press photographer, presented me with a collection of black and white club photos taken over the years and George appears in several of these.  If anyone would like me to do so I will scan them and make them into a PDF which I can email to those who are interested.

Brian G3GJX