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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.

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Show Notes

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Links: 

• The BBC's Laurie Margolis broke news of Falklands invasion
• A family and its rubbish - an everyday story of unnecessary waste
• Twitter G3UML
• DXpedition 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 transceiver
• SPE Expert 1K - 1Kw amp with antenna tuner
• Triband dipole
• Inverted L 80 meters
• Delta 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 - Laurie’s 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 Hussein’s UK call sign

​Peter Snow, BBC correspondent and author or Leila’s Hijacked War

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​Eddiestone EC-10 General Coverage Receiver

Collins KWM-1 Transceiver

KW Viceroy SSB Transmitter

Yaesu FT-2000 Transceiver