QRZ Callsign Search Page last updated on: Friday, December 16, 2016 Blur drummer passes Advanced Essex-born radio amateur Dave Rowntree 2E0DVR used the Bath-Based Advanced Distance Learning (BBADL) training course to pass his Advanced exam and is now M0IEG



David, who is drummer with the rock band Blur, earned his first amateur radio Foundation licence M6DRQ in March 2012 and from there progressed to Intermediate and now Advanced.



In 2003, he handled the PR for Professor Colin Pillinger, who led the Beagle 2 mission to the red planet.



Amateur Radio satellites is one aspect of the hobby that interests David. In August he gave the presentation "A hacker’s guide to satellites" at the Electromagnetic Field event EMF 2016 in Guildford, the video of his talk can be seen at

https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/07/emf-ham-radio-satellites/



The Advanced Distance Learning training courses are proving very popular, to enrol contact Steve Hartley G0FUW

e-mail g0fuw <at> tiscali.co.uk

Twitter https://twitter.com/G0FUW



Radio ham to release album

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/february/

radio_ham_to_release_new_album.htm



More info on the Bath-Based Advanced Distance Learning training course at

http://herc-hastings.org.uk/bbadl-bath-based-distance-learning-course/ Share this page Follow us Advertisement Advertisement Latest news stories.. Get our News Headlines delivered in one daily email

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