This website is a tribute to my late father, Bob Newland, and the story of his life in Amateur Radio.   Geoff Newland     www.geoffnewland.com

My father's interest in amateur radio started in the 1920s when he was in his teens. But until he was aged 21, the Post Office licensing department would not communicate with him directly. They would only write to his father.

His first callsign was 2DLV. In 1938 he was granted a full licence G3VW.

He was one of the first members of the Edgware & District Amateur Radio Society.

This article about my father and other radio hams appeared in the Daily Telegraph Magazine supplement dated 15th February 1974: Daily Telegraph

In 1981 my father moved to Lyme Regis in Dorset and joined the Yeovil Amateur Radio Club.

The menu across the top of the page will take you to the following pages:

  • QSL CARDS: QSL cards used by my father over the years.

  • FIELD DAYS: Pictures of Field Days my father was involved in from 1950.

  • DFINDING: Pictures of Direction Finding contests from 1950.

  • HAM SHACKS: Pictures of his radio equipment at different stages from the 1960s onwards.

  • EDGWARE: Early pictures of people in the Edgware & District Amateur Radio Society 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

  • AWARDS: Some of the awards my father received.

  • OLD DOCS: Some very early official documents from the 1940s onwards. These are all PDF files which can be downloaded.

  • EXAM PAPERS: A collection of 26 Radio Communication and other City and Guilds and Civil Service examination papers from the 1940s.