Furness radio enthusiast earns acclaim from America (UK)

A man from Furness has earned himself international recognition through his passion for radio.

Nick Gregory, a member of the Furness Amateur Radio Society (FARS), was given an award by the American National Radio Society (ANRS) for his recent work.

Nick, whose radio call sign is G0HIK, was recognised with a certificate for his radio signals bouncing off the Moon’s surface 19 times, with the signals then coming back down to Earth.

He was operating in the 1.2 gigahertz radio spectrum and, despite the ‘modest’ set up as he described it, Nick has firmly put himself on both the international and interstellar map.

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