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CALLSIGN |
NAME OR LOCATION |
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A41AA |
Oaboos Bin Asid Al Said - Sultan of Oman |
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CN8MH |
King Hassan II - King of Morocco (sk) |
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DD6CF |
Reinhard Alfred Furrer - German Space Agency astronaut. |
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DG2KM |
Dr Ernst Willi Messerschmid - German Space Agency astronaut. |
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EA0JC |
King Carlos of Spain |
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F5VBY |
Brother of Ray Dolby - Inventor of the Dolby Sound System |
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F5VBX |
Ann Dolby - Wife of F5VBY |
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FX0STB |
Jean-Pierre Haigneré - French government space agency spationaut. 2 Missions to MIR |
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GB1MIR |
Helen Sharman - First British woman into space |
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GB2BP |
Bletchley Park - Home of wartime top secret 'Station X' of ENIGMA de-coding fame |
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GB2RS |
The news broadcasting service of the Radio Society of Great Britain. Established in 1955 |
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GB4BLC |
Bedworth Lions Club special event callsign. (Licensee Lion Brian G8GMU) |
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GM3ITN |
Les Hamilton - He first alerted England of Argentine invasion of the Falklands 1982 |
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GX2ASF |
Coventry Amateur Radio Society. (Originally G2ASF) The oldest affiliated club to the RSGB 75 years in 2007 |
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G1EXG |
Dr. Jonathan Hare - Physicist, astronomer & BBC TV presenter |
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G2LO |
B.B.C - Radio Club. (The licensee's address believed to be Warwick Castle ~ Enquiry pending) |
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G2MT |
Marconi Radio Society. ~ 2MT was the Marconi callsign at Writtle experimental wireless station |
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G2NM |
Gerald Marcuse - Amateur broadcaster of the 1920's, prior to the BBC Overseas Service as 2NM (sk) |
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G2QA |
A J.Simkins. M.B.E. |
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G2YL |
Nelly Corry - The 2nd UK Lady Radio Amateur in 1932 (sk) |
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G2XM |
Sir Richard Davies, KCVO, CBE, C.Eng, FIEE - Was a member of The Household of the Duke of Edinburgh (sk) |
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G2BCK |
F C Judd - Author of radio amateur books (sk) |
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G2DQU |
Lord Rix of Whitehall, (Formerly Sir Brian Rix Kt CBE DL) - Actor & politician |
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G3BBC |
Film Studios Ealing |
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G3EUR |
Major John Brown - Designer of the famous WW2 spy B2 suitcase radios & founder of the Duxford Radio Society (sk) |
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G3HB |
G.L.Benbow - Author radio amateur books |
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G3ITF |
Brian Freeman - Connected with that 'British Institution' Freeman Hardy & Willis |
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G3PLX |
Peter Martinez - Co- Inventor of the PSK31 digital transmission system |
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G3PLX |
Peter Martinez - Co- Inventor of the PSK31 digital transmission system |
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G3SXW |
Roger Western - Member of the CQ Hall of fame for his many years of activating very rare DX locations |
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G3TPW |
Stephen Webb - Prolific electronics engineer. Designer of the G3TPW Cobwebb antenna |
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G3TXF |
Nigel Cawthorne - Member of the CQ Hall of fame for his many years of activating very rare DX locations |
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G3TZH |
A Dolby - Brother of Ray Dolby (of Dolby System fame) |
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G3UML |
Laurie Margolis - BBC journalist who received the reports from VP8LP of the Falkland Islands invasion in 1982. |
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G3YLA |
Jim Bacon - T V weatherman - ex BBC |
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G4AEH |
Jim Lee - BBC radio broadcaster & producer (A local radio ham & good friend to Lions Clubs) |
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G4MH |
James (Jim) Fish - Designer of the G4MH Mini-Beam Antennas |
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G4PZR |
Lieutenant Commander Sir Kenneth Cradock-Hartopp DSC - 10th Bt, (sk) |
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G4RK |
Capt. George Thomas Smith-Clarke - Designed the paediatric iron lung also motor scooter, prolific inventor (sk) |
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G5OG |
Lord C. I. Ewing. OBE - Fellow of The Royal Television Society |
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G5RV |
Louie Varney Antenna Designer (sk) ~ G5RV is now Mid - Sussex Amateur Radio Society callsign |
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G6YL |
Barbara Dunn - The first UK Lady Radio Amateur (sk) |
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G7CDK |
Alan Florence - Sound engineer. Worked on the Tony Hancock recordings of the Radio Ham & Blood Donor |
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G8PO |
Cmdr. J E Ironmonger O.B.E. |
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G8TGS |
Dr. W R Williams - Diplomat |
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G0DMU |
Ian Morrison - Senior project manager at Jodrell Bank. Appears in Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy |
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G0KRH |
Chris Tarrant - TV quiz show host & TV personality |
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G0MSL |
James Bobbett - Past Town Crier - Glastonbury |
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G0OAN |
Fergal Sharkey - Lead singer in Irish punk band in 1970's |
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G0VIQ |
Eugene Sully - Big brother contestant & radio broadcaster. Member of Mid - Sussex Amateur Radio Society |
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G0VQH |
Councilor Jenny Bailey - Mayor of The City of Cambridge 2007 - 2008 |
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HS1A |
Bhumiphol Adulayadej - King of Thailand |
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HS1D |
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn- Princess to the throne of Thailand |
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I0FCG |
Francego Cossiga - Former Italian President |
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IZ0JPA |
Paolo Angelo Nespoli - Itallian Astronaut of the European Space Agency |
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J3BB |
Masaru Ibuka - Co-founder of Sony |
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JA3FA |
Tokuzo Inoue - Founder of ICOM |
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JI1KIT |
Keizo Obuchi - Japanese Prime Minister |
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JK1SIU |
Noria Ohga - Chairman of Sony |
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JP1DPJ |
Akio Morita - Founder of Sony |
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JY1 |
King Hussain of Jordan (sk) |
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JY1H |
Queen Noor of Jordan |
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JY2HT |
Former Crown Prince Hassan - Brother of the late King Hussein of Jordan |
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JY2RZ |
Prince Raad Ibn Zeid- Cousin of King Hussein of Jordan, Prince of Jordan and chairman of the Royal Jordan Radio Amateur Society. |
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KB2GSD |
Walter Cronkite - "The worlds most recognised" US television newsreader - Walter has an asteroid named after him |
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KB5UAC |
Mike Foale - British born US astronaut |
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KB6LQR |
Jeana Yeager - Pilot of non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft. |
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KB6LQS |
Richard Glenn Rutan - Rutan Voyager aircraft designer and pilot for non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world |
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KC5VWK |
Richard J. Abruzzo - World famous balloonist and world record holder; the first balloon voyage from North America to Africa. |
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KC5ZSU |
Laurel Blair Salton Clark, M.D. - Crew member of the ill fated Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-107. |
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KC5ZTC |
David M. Brown. - Crew member of the ill fated Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-107. |
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KD4WUJ |
Patty Loveless - Country Music Singer |
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KG4UYY |
James Lance Bass - 'N SYNC pop singer. |
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KD5PLB |
Suni Williams - Suni has set a record for spacewalks by a female astronaut, a total of 29 hours, 17 minutes |
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KG6FZX |
Dennis Tito - First space tourist |
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KX2Z |
Tony Bonjovi - Cousin of Jon Bonjovi |
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K1ADJ |
Peter Guber - Possibly Hollywood's most successful and powerful producer and executive. |
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K1AKE |
James M. Moran - Leading researcher in the field of astronomical masers and black holes. |
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K1OKI |
Mickey Schulhof - Head of Sony USA |
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K2AMH |
"Bob" Moog - Invented the "Moog Synthesizer" amongst many other electronic instruments (sk) |
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K2HEP |
John Sculley - former CEO of Pepsi |
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K4ZVZ |
Paul Tibbits - pilot of the " Enola Gay " aircraft (The plane that dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima in WW2) |
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K6BP |
Software engineer with movie credits on "A Bug's Life" and "Toy Story 2" also holds Also WA2TNM |
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K9EID |
Bob Heil - Legendary sound engineer to such The Eagles & The Who, Head of Heil Sound |
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LU1SM |
Carlos Saul Menem - President of Argentina |
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M0SDX |
Sergei Rebrov - Professional soccer player |
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M3HBM |
Joshua Baxter - Youngest radio ham to activate Snowdon Mountain Summit at 9 years old in 2005 as MW3HBM/P |
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N5YYV |
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan Ph.D.- NASA astonaut. First American woman to walk in space 1984. |
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N6FUP |
Stuart Alden Cook (Stu Cook) - Bass guitar player in American rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival |
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N9FZX |
Dr. Paul A. Flaherty - Co-inventor of the Alta Vista Search Engine. |
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N9LC |
George Sweigert - Inventor of the mobile phone |
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NY6YOS |
Priscilla Presley - (Lou Lou Beaulieu) Film star & businesswoman. Was Married to Elvis Presley |
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OD5LE |
Emil Lahoud - President of Lebanon |
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ON1AFD |
Count Dirk Fairmouth Ph.D. - Belgian Astronaut |
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ON1DWN |
Frank De Winne. - European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut. Flight engineer on the newly designed Soyuz, Odissea mission. |
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PE1LFO |
Wubbo Johannes Ockels - First Dutch citizen in space and payload specialist on 2 missions |
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RK3DUO |
Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko - Russian cosmonaut. Mir and ISS missions. He has been named a Hero of Russia, been awarded two Armed Forces medals and named a Chevalier in the French Legion of Honour |
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RK3DUP |
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko - Russian cosmonaut. The first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, |
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RN3DX |
Oleg Kononenko - Russian cosmonaut, flown on the ISS |
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RO3FT |
Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev - Kazakhstan born cosmonaut, flight engineer of the Mir-25 mission. Later founded National Kazakhstan Space Agency and became Director of Aerospace Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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SP9VRC |
Pawel Jalocha - Co- Inventor of the PSK31 digital transmission system |
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SU1VN |
Prince Talal of Saudi Arabia |
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WA3SWS |
Stephen E. Uhrig - Surveillance expert who appeared with Gene Hackman in 1998 movie "Enemy of the State" |
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WA6IOG |
Vern Orr - Secretary of the USAF at The Pentagon |
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WB2LAV |
Russell Alan Hulse - Co-winner with K1JT of 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of binary pulsar |
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WB6ACU |
Joe Walsh - Of The Eagles & James Gang |
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WD4LZC |
Larnell Harris - Singer 7 Times Grammy Winner |
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WD4SKT |
Donnie Osmond - Singer |
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W1AW |
Hiram Percy Maxim - Prolific Inventor & most famous for inventing the firearms silencer & machine gun (sk) |
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W1GBE |
Percy Lebaron Spencer - Inventor of the Microwave Oven, Senior Vice President of Raytheon Co. |
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W2JOF |
Sir Cliff Richard - Singer (W2JOF is his USA callsign) |
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W2QBO |
Wilson Greatbatch - Inventor of the cardiac pacemaker. |
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W5CY |
Howard Hughes - Billionaire, Inventor, aviator, aircraft designer |
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W5LFL |
Owen Garriott - First radio Amateur in Space, on Shuttle mission STS-9, launched November 28, 1983, |
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W6DOE |
Clarence Leonidas Fender (Leo Fender) - He of Fender electric guitars. Prolific inventor & designer of instruments |
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W6RO |
Queen Mary Ocean Liner - Wireless room operated by The Associated Radio Amateurs Of Long Beach Calif. |
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W6UK |
Alvino Rey - Musician, reportedly invented / pioneered the electric guitar |
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W6VZA |
Henry Richter - Brother of Charles Richter (He of the Richter Scale) |
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W6YX |
Oswald Garrison - was the first to use the SSB mode for an amateur QSO with W0TQK in 1947 |
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W7DUK |
Nolan Bushnell - Inventor, Computer Pioneer, Founded Atari |
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W9GTY |
Jack Kilby - Inventor, invented the microchip for Texas Instruments in 1958, then the hand held digital calculator |
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W0TQK |
Mike Villard jr. - was the first to use the SSB mode for an amateur QSO with W6YX in 1947 |
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UA1LO |
Yuri Gagarin - First man in space (sk) |
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UV3AM |
Musa Moronov - Russian Cosmonaut |
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VE2QS |
Maurice Durieux - Canadian musician, composed CQ Serenade, possibly the only radio ham song? |
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VK2BL |
Graham Conolly - Australian Radio broadcaster and former voice on VNG |
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VK2KB |
Sir Allan Fairhall - Australian Statesman & Businessman |
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VK2AHU |
Dick Huey - Professor - Emeritus (Previous callsign VK2HU) |
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VK2CAX |
Dr. Ken McCracken - Founding Chief of CSIRO Mineral Physics |
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VK5AX |
Alf Traeger - Inventor of the pedal powered wireless |
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VU2LC1 |
Permanent Lions Club Disaster station Bangalore India, operated by Lion Ajoy VU2JHM |
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VU2RBI |
Bharathi Prasad - The only lifeline for thousands during the 2005 Tsunami. ~ "Teresa of the Bay of Bengal." |
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VU2RG |
Rajiv Ghandi - Late Prime Minister of India (sk) |
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VU2SON |
Sonia Ghandi - Widow of VU2RG |
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XE1GC |
Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena - Inventor of the colour television Tri-colour Cathode Ray Tube 1940 (sk) |
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YU1RL |
Radivoje Lazarevic - Yugoslav ambassador to Brazil |
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ZK1AN |
Sir Thomas Davis - former Premier of The Cook Islands |
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1XS |
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden - Made the first broadcast of the human voice and music, on Christmas Eve 1906 |
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2CVJ |
Robert Hart - First person in USA to receive a transatlantic T V image transmitted by John Logie Baird in 1928 |
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2KZ |
Station used by John Logie Baird in 1928 to transmit the first transatlantic TV signal from England to New York |
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2YT |
Belonged to the Marconi Company, used by Marconi on his yacht? |
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3A0AG |
Prince Alberto Grimaldi - Monte Carlo, Monaco |
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3BEC |
Arthur Middleton Young- Inventor of the first commercially practical helicopter, philosopher, poet and painter |
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7L2NJY |
Dr Mamoru Mohri - Japanese astronaut |
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9DRV |
David Packard - Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard.(sk). Bill Hewlett was probably a radio ham, callsign not known. |
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9K2CS |
Prince Yousuf Al-Sabah |
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9M1 |
King of Malaya (possible sk) |