Current I.S.W.L. Council members

( From 1st December 2024 until 30th November 2026 )
(All existing Council members were re-elected unopposed)

The ISWL Council Members are elected for a two year period.
All have equal voting rights and status and are currently
supported by Three Vice Presidents, who are actively involved
with all Council activities in an advisory and non voting capacity,
unless they are also an elected council member with full voting rights.

Vice Presidents are appointed for Life and will have previously given
great service to the League in several posts over many years.

All VP and Council posts are held by unpaid Volunteers, who pay their
own expenses, in order to keep membership costs as low as possible.

Most council members hold more than one post and all work hard 
 to maintain the traditions of the International Short Wave League.

Dick King G-14167 / M5DIK

Dick became President in 2012 and has been
re-elected President for the next two years.
He is also our Contests and Awards Manager and for a
great many years has been the Editor of the
Broadcast Bands review, Contests review, Those were
the days, plus other articles in the Monitor magazine.

Dick also assumed the role of ISWL QSL Manager
 for the Club callsigns in August 2018 and
Honorary Treasurer from September 2022.

Pete Rayer G-13038 / ex MP4BIM

Pete has been a Life Vice President since 1st December 1999,
having been a Council member, Treasurer and President in the
past and he currently sponsors and maintains these Web pages.

Pete held the Bahrain Call-sign MP4BIM in 1970-71, and is currently
a very active Ham band SWL, with NO interest in transmitting.
( Pete has been a CW SWL since 1963 ).

In April 2012, Pete was the First member (and is currently the
only member) to claim 1,000+ points for the ISWL Monitor award.
(His current accepted total is 1,125 points).

John Fitzgerald G-11570 / G8XTJ

John became a Life Vice President on 1st July 2012.
He has served on the ISWL Council for many years,
including an eight year term as our President.
For a great many years he has been the Editor
of the "Amateur Bands Review" and other articles
in the ISWL's Monitor magazine.

In addition, John currently handles the Club Call allocations
and edits the club call Corner in the Monitor magazine.

Arthur Kinson G-20358 / G0KOC

Arthur became a Life Vice President in October 2024.
He is also an active elected council member and is the registered
keeper of the ISWL's call-signs: G4BJC and M1SWL.
Arthur is also very active on ISWL nets.

Arthur is an avid collector of ISWL Monitor award points.
He will be pleased to exchange ISWL numbers when
you have a QSO with him. SWL members can exchange
ISWL numbers by sending him a signal report (QSL card).

Peter Whiffing G-13102 / M0PGW / M1DPW

Peter is our current Honorary Secretary and Rally Manager.
He first joined the ISWL in 1970 and commenced transmitting in 2002.
Peter became Secretary in September 2020 and also assumed the
role of Rally manager in September 2022.
He is currently active on the bands.

 

 

Ron Satterthwaite G-16345 / G6BMY

Ron is another long established League member
who joined the council in September 2022 as
the Membership Secretary. Ron also oversees our
GDPR compliance. Ron is currently doing a superb
job as Monitor's sub editor of the "Transmitting Topics"
and has done so for many years.

 

 

Lindsay Pennell GI-21316 / G8PMA / GI3KME

Lindsay joined the Council in June 2023
as Editor of the Monitor magazine
and then re-elected to council in the 2024 Council Elections.
Starting as an SWL in 1971 in Hong Kong, he was first licensed
in 1978 in the UK. His active involvement in the ISWL
really started with contest entries in 2022.
Lindsay is active on the hf bands mainly in digimodes
and occasional special events as GI3KME;
also operating portable on hf and vhf in POTA activations.
He is just getting started on the broadcast bands,
...late to the party but enthusiastic! 

 

 

Peter Lewis G-20322 / G4VFG / G6NSU

Peter is a very active member of council and was
our Honorary Secretary for more than 10 years.
He is active on the bands and is well known
for his interesting articles in the Monitor magazine.

 

 

Eddie Wyman G-20994 / G0UDF

Eddie was co-opted onto the Council in May 2023
and then re-elected to council in the 2024 Council Elections.
He was licensed in 1992 as G0UDF and became an ISWL
member in 1999. Eddie is a very active AM Broadcast bands
listener and a very regular contributor to the Monitor magazine's
Broadcast Bands column.

 

 

 

Jonathan Kempster G-20122 / M5AEO

Jonathan was co-opted onto the Council from October 2024
and then re-elected to council in the 2024 Council Elections.
 Jonathan started SWL'ing when he was 8 years of age and
was later licensed as M5AEO. He can occasionally be heard
operating QRP on HF as M5AEO/P.

 

 

Current Monitor magazine sub editor's
and regular article contributors

 

As with any club magazine the Editor relies upon the members
to supply a steady flow of printable and interesting articles.

We have "Section Editors" who run a regular column every month,
plus members who submit articles on a regular basis. We also
rely on members who submit occasional topical items about
their radio experiences and current events.

Are  you a member with an article for the Monitor magazine?.
If so?, Please send it to Lindsay Pennell for publication in the magazine.