Early members of AARG
The club was originally formed by a
group of local hams who met in
Fluery Meng’s Newmarket Street,
Ayr, sometime early summer 1937.
The attendees were Hugh
McConnel 2ACQ, Eddie Fish
2HCZ, John Preston BRS1295,
Andrew Peden 2FKV and Dave
Tannock, BRS1296 who became
GM2BUD around 1946.
The meeting included a discussion
on the formation of an Amateur
Radio Club and the possibilty of
setting up morse code practice
sessions. Dave Tannock, GM2BUD
can be seen on the right of the
photo below at the special event
station the club put on in Kilmarnock
circa 1950. Dave attended the
AARG 65th anniversary dinner.
Many thanks to Gary GM3MQO and
Dennis GM3YDN for this historical
information about the founders of
the Ayr Amateur Radio Group.
We have other photos of older
members but no detailed information
as to their identity or input to the
founding of the club. The club would
be pleased to hear from anyone who
could help us with identification of
early members.
80th Anniv.