It is amazing that many people when they talk about amateur radio still have the image of a dingy dark room full of dusty equipment, a man sitting with huge earphones on his head pounding away at the Morse code key. How wrong can one be?

Radio Amateurs are ordinary people. They may be lawyers, doctors, accountants, engineers or technicians or learners or students but they have one thing in common, a love for electronics, technology and communication.

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Amateur Radio Committee 2009

Fred Scheepers (ZS1FCS) tel 082 857 3558 : Chairman, ZU
Examiner (novice level amateur) and representative to S.A. Radio League.
zs1fcs@x-link.za.net

Graham Butler (ZS1GVB) tel 083 341 86865 : Vice Chairman and manager
social events. zr1gvb@new.co.za

Dirk du Plessis (ZS1DDP) tel 082 924 5438 : Secretary and treasurer.
dirk@dupdiesel.co.za

David Perry (ZS1SG) tel 082 864 3921 : Radio shack manager and
technical adviser.  jperry@global.co.za

Gerald Menisis (ZS1GRM) tel 083 391 3356 : Organizer Lighthouse
events, field stations and exterior events.

Pieter de Jager (ZS1SD) tel 082 802 5415 : EQSL Manager , DX
fieldstations and lecturer ZU (beginners) radio exams.

Dirk van der Berg (ZS1VDB) tel 072 125 2881 : QSL Manager and DX
fieldstations.

Sean White (ZS1BSD) tel 083 376 7307 : Youth Activities, Digital mode
manager and ZU examiner.

Herby Evans (ZR1ABV)tel 073 760 9163 : Catering manager.