Don Beattie, G3BJ, former President of the RSGB, has been elected as IARU Region 1 President at the General Conference in Varna-Albena, Bulgaria.

During the Final Plenary of the 23rd IARU Region 1 General Conference, the following members were elected to serve on the Executive Committee:

President: Don Beattie, G3BJ

Vice President: Faisal Al-Ajmi, 9K2RR

Treasurer: Eva Thieman, HB9FPM / OK3QE

Secretary: Dennis Green, ZS4BS

Members:

Thilo Kootz, DL9KCE

David Court EI3IO

Oliver Tabakovski, Z32TO

Ivan Stauning, OZ7IS

Ranko Boca, 4O3A

The 24th IARU Region 1 General Conference will be held in Wildbad Kreuth, near Munich in Germany an hosted by the DARC.

Don Beattie G3OZF (now G3BJ) in Essex Chronicle newspaper July 21, 1972

In the 1970’s Don Beattie, then G3OZF, lived at East Hanningfield in Essex. He was a member of the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) and was subsequently made an Honorary Member. He was featured several times in the Chelmsford press promoting amateur radio and defending the right to antenna masts.

CARS Amateur Radio Training http://g0mwt.org.uk/training

IARU Region 1 http://iaru-r1.org/