( From 1st December 2024 until
30th November 2026 )
(All existing Council members were re-elected unopposed)
The ISWL Council Members are elected
for a two year period.
All have equal voting rights and status and are
currently
supported by Four Vice
Presidents, who are actively involved
with all Council activities in an
advisory and non voting capacity,
unless they are also an elected council member
with full voting rights.
Vice Presidents are appointed for
Life and will have previously given
great service to the League in several
posts over many years.
All VP and Council posts are held by
unpaid Volunteers, who pay their
own expenses, in order to keep membership costs
as low as possible.
Most council members hold more than
one post and all work hard
to maintain the traditions of the International Short
Wave League.
Dick King G-14167 / M5DIK
Dick became President in 2012
and has been
re-elected President for the next two
years.
He is also our Contests and
Awards Manager and for a
great many years has been the Editor of the
Broadcast
Bands review, Contests review, Those were
the days, plus other articles in the Monitor magazine.
Dick also assumed the role of ISWL QSL
Manager
for the Club callsigns in August 2018 and
Honorary Treasurer from September 2022.
Pete Rayer G-13038 / ex MP4BIM
Pete has been a
Life Vice President since 1st December 1999, In April
2012, Pete was the First member (and is currently the
having been a Council member, Treasurer and President in the
past and
he currently sponsors and maintains these Web pages.
Pete held the Bahrain
Call-sign
MP4BIM in 1970-71,
and is currently
a very
active Ham band SWL, with NO
interest in transmitting.
( Pete has been a CW SWL since 1963 ).
only member) to claim 1,000+ points for the ISWL Monitor award.
(His current
accepted total is 1,125 points).
John Fitzgerald G-11570 / G8XTJ
John became a Life Vice President on 1st
July 2012.
He has served on the ISWL Council for many years,
including an eight year term as our
President.
For a great many years he has been the Editor
of the "Amateur
Bands Review" and other articles
in the ISWL's Monitor magazine.
In addition, John currently handles the Club Call
allocations
and edits the club call Corner in
the Monitor magazine.
Arthur Kinson G-20358 / G0KOC
Arthur became a Life Vice
President in October 2024.
He is also an active elected council member and is the
registered
keeper of the ISWL's call-signs: G4BJC and M1SWL.
Arthur is also very active on ISWL nets.
Arthur is an avid collector of ISWL Monitor award points.
He will be
pleased to exchange ISWL numbers when
you have a QSO with him. SWL members can exchange
ISWL
numbers by sending him a signal report (QSL card).
Herbie Yeldham G-20006 / G6XOU
Herbie
became a Life Vice President in
October 2024.
Herbie is also an active elected council member, who previously managed
our very efficient QSL bureau for all Club
and special event Callsigns.
He has held other Council posts over the years,
including the Awards and
Contest manager. Herbie
is also a very regular contributor to the Monitor
magazine,
and is a regular operator of both club calls,
plus special
event callsigns on behalf of the League.
Peter Whiffing G-13102 / M0PGW / M1DPW
Peter is our current Honorary
Secretary and Rally Manager.
He first joined the ISWL in 1970 and commenced transmitting
in 2002.
Peter became Secretary in September 2020 and also assumed the
role of Rally
manager in September 2022.
He is currently active on the bands.
Ron Satterthwaite G-16345 /
G6BMYRon is another long established League member
who
joined the council in September 2022 as
the Membership Secretary. Ron
also oversees our
GDPR compliance. Ron is currently doing a superb
job as
Monitor's sub editor of the "Transmitting Topics"
and has
done so for many years.
Lindsay Pennell GI-21316 / G8PMA / GI3KME
Lindsay joined the Council in June 2023
as Editor of the Monitor magazine
and then re-elected to council in the 2024 Council Elections.
Starting as an SWL in 1971 in Hong Kong,
he was first licensed
in 1978 in the UK. His active involvement in the ISWL
really started with contest entries in 2022.
Lindsay is active on the hf bands mainly in digimodes
and occasional special events as GI3KME;
also operating portable on hf and vhf in POTA activations.
He is just getting started on
the broadcast
bands,
...late to the party but enthusiastic!
Peter Lewis G-20322 / G4VFG / G6NSU
Peter is a very active member of
council and was
our Honorary Secretary for more than 10 years.
He is active on the bands and is well known
for his
interesting articles in the Monitor magazine.
Eddie Wyman G-20994 / G0UDF
Eddie was co-opted onto the Council in May 2023
and then re-elected to council in the 2024 Council Elections.
He was licensed in
1992 as G0UDF and became an ISWL
member in 1999. Eddie is a
very active AM Broadcast bands
listener and a very regular
contributor to the Monitor magazine's
Broadcast Bands
column.
Jonathan Kempster G-20122 / M5AEO
Jonathan was co-opted onto the Council from October 2024
and then re-elected to council in the 2024 Council Elections.
Jonathan started SWL'ing when he was 8 years of age and
was later licensed as
M5AEO. He can occasionally be heard
operating QRP on HF as M5AEO/P.
and regular article contributors
As with any club magazine the Editor
relies upon the members We have "Section Editors" who run a regular column
every month, Are you a member with an article for the Monitor magazine?.
to supply a steady flow of printable and interesting
articles.
plus members who submit articles on a regular basis. We
also
rely on members who submit occasional topical items about
their radio experiences and current events.
If so?,
Please send it to Lindsay Pennell for publication in the magazine.