05/04/2017

Ciaran Morgan, M0XTD, and the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS[1]) UK Team were awarded the Louis Varney Cup on April 22 at the RSGB 90th Annual General Meeting in Cardiff, Wales. RSGB recognized Morgan and the ARISS-UK team for advances in space communications. Accepting the trophy were Graham Shirville, G3VZV; Noel Matthews, G8GTZ, and John Cariss, G7ACD.

The award's namesake, Louis Varney, G5RV, was the inventor of the world-famous G5RV antenna and an RSGB member for 74 years. Varney died in 2000.

Morgan and the ARISS-UK team have also been fundraising on behalf of ARISS[2].


[1] http://www.ariss.org/
[2] http://www.ariss.org/donate.html

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