CALLSIGN NAME OR LOCATION A41AA Oaboos Bin Asid Al Said - Sultan of Oman A41FK Ahmed Bin Suwaidan Al Balushi - President of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS),and Minister for Posts Telephones and Telegraphs for Oman. A61AJ Ali Abdullah Al Futtaim - Industrialist Al Futtaim Group, Dubai Telephones and Telegraphs for Oman. A71AP Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani - Amir of Qatar A92AK Sheikh Hamed Bin Isa Al Khalifa - Amir of Bahrain A92KK Sheikh Khalifa Bin Sulman Al Khalifa - Royalty, Bahrain AA7BQ Fred L Lloyd - Founder of QRZ.COM - The radio amateur database - to check many on this page AC3 PT Palden Thondup Namgyal  - Former King of Sikkim (sk). AC4RF Robert Ford - radio engineer and technician who, while working for the Tibetan government, in 1950 was imprisoned for 5 years when the Chinese communists over ran the country. Author of "Wind Between the Worlds". (sk). AC4YN. Reg Fox - Known for operating in the Tibet are during politcaly unstable times with AC4RF. CE3GP General Augusto Pinochet   The Radio Club of Chile now hold this callsign (sk). CN8MH King Hassan II - King of Morocco (sk) CP1 CL Hugo Banzer - Former President of Bolivia DD6CF Reinhard Alfred Furrer - German Space Agency astronaut. DG2KM Dr Ernst Willi Messerschmid - German Space Agency astronaut. EA0JC King Carlos of Spain EA8AK Dr. Fernando Fernandez Martin - Member of European Parliament EP1MP Mohmud Pahlavi - Former Prince of Iran F5VBY Brother of Ray Dolby - Inventor of the Dolby Sound System F5VBX Ann Dolby - Wife of F5VBY FX0STB Jean-Pierre Haigneré - French government space agency spationaut. 2 Missions to MIR GB1MIR Helen Sharman - First British woman into space GB2BP Bletchley Park - Home of wartime top secret 'Station X' of ENIGMA de-coding fame GB2RS The news broadcasting service of the Radio Society of Great Britain. Established in 1955 GB4BLC Bedworth Lions Club special event callsign. (Licensee Lion Brian G8GMU) GM3ITN Les Hamilton - He first alerted England of Argentine invasion of the Falklands 1982 GX2ASF Coventry Amateur Radio Society. (Originally G2ASF) The oldest affiliated club to the RSGB 75 years in 2007 GX7ASF Coventry Amateur Radio Society. (Originally G2ASF) The oldest affiliated club to the RSGB 75 years in 2007 G1EXG Dr. Jonathan Hare - Physicist, astronomer & BBC TV presenter G2LO B.B.C - Radio Club. (The licensee's address believed to be Warwick Castle ~ Enquiry pending) G2MT Marconi Radio Society. ~ 2MT was the Marconi callsign at Writtle experimental wireless station G2NM Gerald Marcuse - Amateur broadcaster of the 1920's, prior to the BBC Overseas Service as 2NM (sk) G2QA A J.Simkins. M.B.E. G2YL Nelly Corry - The 2nd UK Lady Radio Amateur in 1932 (sk) G2XM Sir Richard Davies, KCVO, CBE, C.Eng, FIEE - Was a member of The Household of the Duke of Edinburgh (sk) G2BCX F C Judd, FISTC, MIOA, AssocIPRE, AJnst.E - Author, Designer of the 'Slim Jim' Antenna (sk)) G2DQU Lord Rix of Whitehall, (Formerly Sir Brian Rix Kt CBE DL) - Actor & politician G3BBC Film Studios Ealing G3CY Professor Sir Martin Ryle FRS, Nobel Laureate. Inventor of interferometry as applied to radio astronomy, joint discoverer of pulsars, and after whom the Ryle Telescope at Cambridge is named (sk) G3EUR Major John Brown - Designer of the famous WW2 spy B2 suitcase radios & founder of the Duxford Radio Society (sk) G3HB G.L.Benbow - Author radio amateur books G3ITF Brian Freeman - Connected with that 'British Institution' Freeman Hardy & Willis G3KOX Nick Waite - ABC-TV NEWS in England. Also holds or held 5B4FL VE3AMJ VE3XD VY2TX 9H3FN ZF1NW JY8OX 5B4AGN G3PLX Peter Martinez - Co- Inventor of the PSK31 digital transmission system G3SEV Keith Adkins - Ex Abbey Road engineer who invented the Frequency Translator as used by Pink Floyd on "The Dark Side of The Moon" Album G3SXW Roger Western - Member of the CQ Hall of fame for his many years of activating very rare DX locations G3TPW Stephen Webb - Prolific electronics engineer. Designer of the G3TPW Cobwebb antenna G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne - Member of the CQ Hall of fame for his many years of activating very rare DX locations G3TZH A Dolby - Brother of Ray Dolby (of Dolby System fame) G3UML Laurie Margolis - BBC journalist who received the reports from VP8LP of the Falkland Islands invasion in 1982 G3VA (Pat) John Patrick Hawker MBE - Professional & amateur radio engineer. Started writing his column in RSGB publications in 1958 G3YHW 'Capt.' John (Jack) Henry Onions - Inventor of The Crookshank Golf Club, Inventor & or patentee of aircraft landing gear systems, railway buffers, hydraulic motors, & improved dental grinding wheel. Reportedly WW1 pilot, also a ships captain. Certainly a captain of industry (sk) G3YLA Jim Bacon - T V weatherman - ex BBC G4AEH Jim Lee - BBC radio broadcaster & producer (A local radio ham & good friend to Lions Clubs) G4MH James (Jim) Fish - Designer of the G4MH Mini-Beam Antennas G4PZR Lieutenant Commander Sir Kenneth Cradock-Hartopp DSC - 10th Bt. (sk) Click this link. There is too much for this list G4RK Capt. George Thomas Smith-Clarke - Designed the pediatric iron lung also motor scooter, 9-cylinder Alvis Leonides radial engine, front wheel drive, a prolific inventor (sk) G5BC Sir Trevor Dawson - Armaments manufacturer.(sk) GW5KJ Lt Colonel Morton Evans - Deputy Controller of the wartime Radio Security Service, he served as officer i/c at Arkley View top secret interception (Y) station from 1941 to 1946 (sk) G5OG Lord C. I. Ewing. OBE - Fellow of The Royal Television Society G5RV Louie Varney - Antenna Designer (sk) ~ G5RV is now Mid - Sussex Amateur Radio Society callsign G5UM Jack Hum - " Father of amateur radio in Liecestershire". ‘Uncle Mike’ who's operating standards should be adopted by all. (sk) G5VF Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes (sk) ~ Worked with R Watson-Watt and JD Cockroft on the development of radar. Designed U boat & aircraft tracking systems. Computer pioneer G5WQ John R. "Reg" Witty (sk) ~ Brother of Barbara Dunn G6YL. He heard the SOS distress messages of the crashed airship ITALIA in June 1928 from the North Pole with Italian scientists on board. Click this link. There is too much for this list Ian Williams, is the current holder of G5WQ G6IP Lord Egerton of Tatton, Knutsford - Believed to be; The 4th Baron of Tatton in the County Palatine of Chester (sk) G6YL Barbara Dunn - The first UK Lady Radio Amateur licensed, on April 14, 1927 (sk) Click this link. There is too much for this list G7CDK Alan Florence - Sound engineer. Worked on the Tony Hancock recordings of the Radio Ham & Blood Donor, Alan has a large discography, working with The Who, The Beatles and many other famous musicians and groups G8GMU Lord Brian Leathley - Andrew - Lead the teams for the 75th anniversary Birth of RADAR Daventry Experiment re-enactment G8IA Lord Beaverbrook - William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bt, PC, ONB. was an Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, newspaper magnate. He was an influential and often mentioned figure in British society of the first half of the 20th century. (sk) G8PO Cmdr. J E Ironmonger O.B.E. G8TGS Dr. W R Williams - Diplomat G0DMU Ian Morrison - Senior project manager at Jodrell Bank. Appears in Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy G0KRH Chris Tarrant - TV quiz show host & TV personality G0MSL James Bobbett - Past Town Crier - Glastonbury G0NZI Carl Peake - Designer of the Wonder Wand Antenna G0OAN Fergal Sharkey - Lead singer in Irish punk band in 1970's G0VIQ Eugene Sully - Big brother contestant & radio broadcaster. Member of Mid - Sussex Amateur Radio Society G0VQH Councilor Jenny Bailey - Mayor of The City of Cambridge 2007 - 2008 G0VVT Eddie Murphy - The first UK station to broadcast the RSGB news (GB2RS) using solar power HS1A Bhumiphol Adulayadej - King of Thailand HS1D Maha Chakri Sirindhorn - Princess to the throne of Thailand HS1 LY Titiphan - Prince to the throne of Thailand HZ1FM Faisal Bin Mashaal Al Saoud - Prince, Member of the Saudi Royal Family HZ1HZ Ahmed Zaidan - Ex - Deputy Minister for Communications Kingdom of Saudi Arabia HZ1NA Naief Bin Abdul Aziz - Prince Member of the Saudi Royal family HZ1TA Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia HZ1TC Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz - Prince Member of the Saudi Royal family I0FCG Francego Cossiga - Former Italian President IZ0JPA Paolo Angelo Nespoli - Itallian Astronaut of the European Space Agency J3BB Masaru Ibuka - Co-founder of Sony JA3FA Tokuzo Inoue - Founder of ICOM JI1KIT Keizo Obuchi - Japanese Prime Minister JK1SIU Noria Ohga - Chairman of Sony JP1DPJ Akio Morita - Founder of Sony JY1 King Hussain of Jordan (sk) JY1H Queen Noor of Jordan JY2HT Former Crown Prince Hassan - Brother of the late King Hussein of Jordan JY2RS Prince Raad Ibn Zeid- Cousin of King Hussein of Jordan, Prince of Jordan and chairman of the Royal Jordan Radio Amateur Society KA7EVD Donnie Osmond - Singer KB2GSD Walter Cronkite - "The worlds most recognised" US television newsreader - Walter has an asteroid named after him KB5UAC Mike Foale - British born US astronaut KB6LQR Jeana Yeager - Pilot of non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft KB6LQS Richard Glenn Rutan - Rutan Voyager aircraft designer and pilot for non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world KC5VWK Richard J. Abruzzo - World famous balloonist and world record holder; the first balloon voyage from North America to Africa KC5ZSU Laurel Blair Salton Clark, M.D. - Crew member of the ill fated Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-107 KC5ZTC David M. Brown. - Crew member of the ill fated Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-107 KC5ZTH Catherine G Coleman Ph.D - US astronaut, (Colonel, USAF, RET) KD4WUJ Patty Loveless - Country Music Singer KD5 ESI Kalpana Chawla - NASA Astronaut (Indian Born) Space Shuttle Columbia (sk on 01/02/2003) KD5PLB Suni Williams - Suni has set a record for space walks by a female astronaut, a total of 29 hours, 17 minutes KD5VML James (Jim) Rugg - Special effects engineer/ artist for Star Wars Films KE6PZH Marlon Brando - Prolific film star involved in apprx. 45 films. Civil rights activist. French Polynesian callsign FO5GJ (sk) KG4UYY James Lance Bass - 'N SYNC pop singer KG6FZX Dennis Tito - First space tourist KX2Z Tony Bonjovi - Cousin of Jon Bonjovi K1ADJ Peter Guber - Possibly Hollywood's most successful and powerful producer and executive K1AKE James M. Moran - Leading researcher in the field of astronomical masers and black holes K1JT Dr. Joseph H. "Joe" Taylor - Nobel Laureate (1993) K1OKI Mickey Schulhof - Head of Sony USA K2AMH "Bob" Moog - Invented the "Moog Synthesizer" amongst many other electronic instruments (sk) K2HEP John Sculley - former CEO of Pepsi K2SSQ Henry R. Feinberg - Designed "E.T.'s" communicator in Steven Spielberg's 1982 movie "E.T."; has had a long career as "interpreter of science and technology for the public." K2ZCZ George Pataki - Governor of New York (1994) K4AF The Pentagon Amateur Radio Club - Located at the Pentagon USA K4LIB Arthur Godfrey - TV entertainer. Had his own popular television show in the 1950's in the USA (sk) K4ZVZ Paul Tibbits - pilot of the “ Enola Gay “ aircraft (The plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in WW2) K5FLU Martin F. Jue - President of MFJ Enterprises, Inc., which he founded in 1972 K5PSG Peggy Sue Rackham - She is Peggy Sue of the song Peggy Sue written by Buddy Holly K6BP Software engineer with movie credits on "A Bug's Life" and "Toy Story 2" also holds Also WA2TNM K7UGA Senator Barry Goldwater - United States Senator (sk) K9EID Bob Heil - Legendary sound engineer to such The Eagles & The Who, Head of Heil Sound LU1SM Carlos Saul Menem - President of Argentina LZ1 MS Rumen Gechev - Ex - Deputy Prime Minister Bulgaria M0SDX Sergei Rebrov - Professional soccer player M3HBM Joshua Baxter - Youngest radio ham to activate Snowdon Mountain Summit at 9 years old in 2005 as MW3HBM/P N4HDP Col (ret) Joe Kittinger - USAF Test pilot, first to cross the Atlantic solo in a balloon. Set the high-altitude jump record @102,800 feet in 1960. Operated 'CAPCOM' on Felix Baumgardner's record sound barrier breaking jump. N5YYV Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan Ph.D.- NASA astronaut. First American woman to walk in space 1984 N6FUP Stuart Alden Cook (Stu Cook) - Bass guitar player in American rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival N6YJA Bertrand R. Trottier, Jr (Bert.) - The last United States Navy bugler Click this link.   Too much for this list N9FZX Dr. Paul A. Flaherty - Co-inventor of the Alta Vista Search Engine N9LC George Sweigert - Inventor of the mobile phone NY6YOS Priscilla Presley - (Lou Lou Beaulieu) Film star & businesswoman. Was Married to Elvis Presley OD5LE Emil Lahoud - President of Lebanon ON1AFD Count Dirk Fairmouth Ph.D. - Belgian Astronaut ON1DWN Frank De Winne. - European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut. Flight engineer on the newly designed Soyuz, Odissea mission PE1LFO Wubbo Johannes Ockels - First Dutch citizen in space and payload specialist on 2 missions RAEM Ernst Krenkel (sk) - Polar radio operator, member of the first drifting North pole station in 1937. RAEM was originally the call of the icebreaker "Chelyuskin", which was crashed in 1934 in the Arctic ocean and this call was reissued personally to it's heroic chief radio operator. Named as a Hero of Russia 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 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, RN3DX Oleg Kononenko - Russian cosmonaut, flown on the ISS 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 SP9VRC Pawel Jalocha - Co- Inventor of the PSK31 digital transmission system SU1VN Prince Talal of Saudi Arabia UA1LO Yuri Gagarin - First man in space (sk) UA4PW Dr. George Khodzhae - Professor of the Kazan conservatoire, world-class violinist (sk) UV3AM Musa Moronov - Russian Cosmonaut VE2QS Maurice Durieux - Canadian musician, composed CQ Serenade, possibly the only radio ham song? VK2BL Graham Conolly - Australian Radio broadcaster and former voice on VNG VK2KB Sir Allan Fairhall - Australian Statesman & Businessman VK2AHU Dick Huey - Professor - Emeritus (Previous callsign VK2HU) VK2CAX Dr. Ken McCracken - Founding Chief of CSIRO Mineral Physics VK5AX Alf Traeger - Inventor of the pedal powered wireless VP8LP Bob McLeod - Broke the news to G3UML Laurie Margolis of the Falklands invasion, with the words " We have some new friends". VR6TC Tom Christian - A direct descendent of Fletcher Christian of HMS Bounty fame VU2 AMY Amitabh Bachchan - Amitabh Bachchan Cine Actor Hindi Film Star VU2 AWN Ashwin Muthiah - Industrialist, Chairman, SICAL VU2 DMK Dayanidhi Maran - Union Minister Of India VU2 DXD Dr. S. Arulraj - Founder and Chairman Sundaram Arulraj Hospital, Awarded Dr. B.C. Roy National Award VU2 GHA Guhan - Film Producer AVM Studio VU2 HAS Kamal Hassan - Actor, Tamil Film Star VU2 HHJ Pince Sawai Bhawani Singh - City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan (sk in 2011) VU2 KMI K.Malaiswamy - Member of Parliament VU2 KUN Sampath Kumaran - High Court Judge (Retd) VU2LC1 Permanent Lions Club Disaster station Bangalore India, operated by Lion Ajoy VU2JHM VU2 MED Dr. N.Mayil Vahanan - Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Madras Medical College, Padma Shri Award, Dr. B.C. Roy National Award VU2MPH Purushothaman - Industrialist, President All India Hotel Association VU2MSS M.Saravanan - Chairman of AVM Productions, Past President Film Federation of India VU2MUT A.C.Muthiah - Industrialist, Chairman SPIC, Past President BCCI VU2NG Nandendra G Nanda - Ex - Prime Minister VU2NRV N.Ravi - Editor The Hindu Newspaper, Past President Amateur Radio Society of India VU2NTR Dr.N.Tata Rao - Ex- Chairman Andhra Pradesh Electricity Board (sk) VU2PGY Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - Member of the Nehru Family Daughter of Late Rajiv Gandhi VU2NTR Dr.N.Tata Rao - Ex- Chairman Andhra Pradesh Electricity Board (sk) VU2PIJ Mohammed Kutty (AKA) Mammooty - Malayalam Film Star VU2PQ Venkatachalapathy - Surgeon, Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Govt. General Hospital (Chennai) VU2PUG Kalanithi Maran - Chairman & Managing Director SUN TV VU2PV P.Vetrivel - Member of Legislative Assembly (Tamil Nadu), Past President, Madras Amateur Radio Society VU2QV Dr.Bhaskar Balakrishnan - Indian Ambassador for Cuba Ex Call Sign - 9J2 QV (Zambia) VU2RAI R.Ravikrishnan - Industrialist, Past President, Madras Amateur Radio Society VU2RBI Bharathi Prasad - The only lifeline for thousands during the 2005 Tsunami. ~ "Mother Teresa of the Bay of Bengal" VU2REH Dr. Radhakrishnan - Eye specialist, and Secretary of the Repeater Society of Kodai VU2RG Rajiv Ghandi - Late Prime Minister of India (sk) VU2RI Rajesh Kumar Sharma - Late Minister of Haryana State (sk) VU2RTM N.Ratnavel - Industrialist KSPS Natarajan & Co, Tuticorin VU2SCU Charu Hassan- Tamil Cine Actor & Barrister at Law VU2SJA Shrikant Jichkar- Ex - Member of Parliament (sk) VU2SJS Dr. Sanjay Sinh - Member of Parliament Social Worker & Agriculturist VU2SKW S.Karivardhan - Pioneer of Motor Sports in India VU2SON Sonia Ghandi - Widow of VU2RG VU2TAK Khalid AK Buhary - Director, ETA Group of Companies VU2TRB T.R.Balu - Politian, Ex - Union Minister Of India VU2YKN M.M.Venkatachalam - Industrialist Murugappa Group VU2YY Chirayu Amin - Industrialist Vice-President of BCCI VU3DGK Dinesh Gundurao - Politician Member of Legislative Assembly, Karnataka State VU3KMV Kumar Bangarappa - Politician Ex-Minister, Karnataka State VU3MBN AVM.Balasubramanian - Industrialist Vice - President of SICCI VU3MKA Manoj Kumar Sonthalia - Journalist Chairman & Managing Director of The New Indian Express VU3MSQ Shivrajkumar - Cine Actor Kannada Film Star VU3PRK Rangarajan Kumaramangalam - Late Union Minister of India (sk) VU3RJP Rajendra Prasad - Cine Actor Telugu Film Star VU3RML Lakshmanan (alias) Lena Tamilvanan - Journalist & Publisher Kalkandu, Kumudam Tamil Weekly VU3VIP Krishna Moorthy - Member of Parliament VU3VRV Venkatachalam - Chancellor of Sri Ramachandra University WA2JXX Gerson Strassberg - Inventor of the plastic pocket protector WA3SWS Stephen E. Uhrig - Surveillance expert who appeared with Gene Hackman in the 1998 movie "Enemy of the State" WA6IOG Vern Orr - Secretary of the USAF at The Pentagon WA6TWX D. Kent Cullers - Manager of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial intelligence) WB2LAV Russell Alan Hulse - Co-winner with K1JT of 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of binary pulsar WB6ACU Joe Walsh - Of The Eagles & James Gang WB6ZJR Mrs Lee De Forest (Marie Mosquini) - Actress 202 films 1917 - 1929, co-starred with Stan Laurel and Will Rogers: Married Dr Lee De Forest. 1973 participated in a broadcast celebrating the centennial of her husband's birth (sk) WD4LZC Larnell Harris - Singer 7 Times Grammy Winner W1AW Hiram Percy Maxim - Prolific Inventor & most famous for inventing the firearms & vehicle silencer also machine gun. An authority on acoustics, humanity is indebted to him for many developments that make urban life more bearable. Aviator, glider designer. His Captive Flying Machines ride is still at Blackool fun fair. Founded the American Radio relay League (ARRL) (sk) W1GBE Dr. Percy Lebaron Spencer - Inventor of the Microwave Oven, held 150 patents, Senior Vice President of Raytheon Company W2JOF Sir Cliff Richard - Sorry this was the wrong Harry Webb (sk) W2QBO Wilson Greatbatch - Inventor of the cardiac pacemaker W2SGG Stan Danko - co-inventor of printed circuits; Smithsonian Web site;Click this link. There is too much for this list W3ACE Armin Meyer - former US Ambassador to Japan W4CGP Chet Atkins - ex-WA4CZD, whose guitar virtuosity and style set the standard for many years and inspired many young guitarists (sk) W4WRO Emory Gordy Jr - Grammy Award winning musician and music producer. Married to Patty Loveless KD4WUJ W5CY Howard Hughes - Billionaire, Inventor, aviator, aircraft designer W5LFL Owen Garriott - First radio Amateur in Space, on Shuttle mission STS-9, launched November 28, 1983 W5RRR Johnson Space Center, Texas W6DOE Clarence Leonidas Fender (Leo Fender) - He of Fender electric guitars. Prolific inventor & designer of instruments W6EZV General Curtis LeMay - General in the United States Air Force, who commanded the Strategic Air Command in the 1950's during the Cold War and was an active proponent of SSB technology for military HF communications W6RO Queen Mary Ocean Liner - Wireless room operated by The Associated Radio Amateurs Of Long Beach California W6UK Alvino Rey - Musician, reportedly invented / pioneered the electric guitar W6VZA Henry Richter - Brother of Charles Richter (He of the Richter Scale) W6YX Oswald Garrison - was the first to use the SSB mode for an amateur QSO with W0TQK in 1947 W7DUK Nolan Bushnell - Inventor, Computer Pioneer, Founded Atari W7VOA Steven L Herman - Broadcast correspondent and bureau chief for the Voice of America in Seoul. Click this link. There is too much for this list W8GZ Lorence G. Windom - Well known for his Windom antenna design, and low power exploits, contacting Australia from the USA using just over half a watt input to his transmitter. W9GFZ Dr. Grote Reber - One of the earliest pioneers of radio astronomy, he succeeded in detecting "cosmic static" in 1939. In 1941, Reber produced the first radio map of the sky, based on a series of systematic observations. He received honours oft reserved for scientists professionally trained in astronomy W9GTY Jack Kilby - Inventor, invented the microchip for Texas Instruments in 1958, then the hand held digital calculator W0TQK Mike Villard jr. - was the first to use the SSB mode for an amateur QSO with W6YX in 1947 XE1GC Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena - Inventor of the colour television Tri-colour Cathode Ray Tube 1940 (sk) YI5KG King Ghazi - One of the first amateurs in Iraq (Former King of Iraq) 1936 (sk) YN1AS General Anastasio Somoza - Ex - President Nicaragua (sk) YU1RL Radivoje Lazarevic - Yugoslav ambassador to Brazil YU1YU Ivica Dacic - Prime Minister of Serbia ZK1AN Sir Thomas Davis - former Premier of The Cook Islands 1XS Reginald Aubrey Fessenden - Made the first broadcast of the human voice and music, on Christmas Eve 1906 2CVJ Robert Hart - First person in USA to receive a transatlantic T V image transmitted by John Logie Baird in 1928 2E0JAB Jason Bradbury - Television presenter and children's author 2FZ The Manchester Wireless Society, Britain's oldest radio club, February 1911. Main station callsign 2KZ Station used by John Logie Baird in 1928 to transmit the first transatlantic TV signal from England to New York 2YT Belonged to the Marconi Company, used by Marconi on his yacht & at Poldhu?  Click this link. There is too much for this list 3A0AG Prince Alberto Grimaldi - Monte Carlo, Monaco 3BEC Arthur Middleton Young- Inventor of the first commercially practical helicopter, philosopher, poet and painter 5MS The Manchester Wireless Society, Britain's oldest radio club, February 1911. Portable station callsign 7L2NJY Dr Mamoru Mohri - Japanese astronaut 8CR Powel Crosley Jr - Co-founded the American Automobile Accessory Company and founded the Crosley Radio Corporation, the world's largest radio manufacturer. He was known as "The Henry Ford of Radio" 9DRV David Packard - Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard.(sk). Bill Hewlett was probably a radio ham, callsign not known 9K2CS Prince Yousuf Al-Sabah 9M1 King of Malaya (possible sk) 9M2TR Prince Tunku A. Rahman - Prince of Johor, Malaysia 9X1A Gregiore Kaylbanda - Ex - President Rwanda Experimental licence no call sign Sir J. Ambrose Fleming F.R.S.  Kt - His invention of the valve detector in 1904 and his subsequent patenting of the thermionic valve is only one aspect of Sir Ambrose Fleming's great services in the scientific field. Elected vice-President of the Wireless Society of London in November 1913. In 1926 was elected as President of the Exeter & District wireless Society. Without his invention we may not have had communications as we know them today. (sk). You don't have to be famous, almost anyone may become become a radio amateur - just complete the course & pass the exam. It is estimated that world wide that around 1 in 2000 people are radio amateurs, it is not a minority activity & growing !! Remember .. Lions are Ordinary People doing Amazing Things ... Some Lions are radio amateurs We Are grateful to many sources for the above information. This list may be copied & used freely, 100% accuracy is not claimed for the information. (sk) means Silent Key, the amateur radio euphemism for deceased.

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