Ewart John Case GW4HWR (SK).
Member of Highfields Amateur Radio Club.
John, as he liked to be known, was just 9 years old when he built his first radio, a simple crystal set.
He spent a lifetime teaching electronics and communications.
On 12 January 1991, at a dinner at Cardiff Castle, John was installed as the 57th president of the RSGB.
John has also been a president of the Bristol Channel Repeater Group.
In 2001 he was awarded the honour of becoming the 1st life member of that group.
John sadly passed away on 12th April 2006 at the University Hospital of Wales.