Arthur, G2FTK is presented with the QSL card

QSL card spotted on Ebay makes a welcome return home

A QSL card sent 55 years ago by Arthur Noakes, G2FTK, now president of the Coventry Amateur Radio Society, was spotted on Ebay by Andy G6ULX, and fellow Society member, Brian G8GMU, successfully bid for the card.

It was later presented on President's Night to Arthur by club Chairman Bob G4GEE. The card confirmed a CW contact made by G2FTK on the 22nd February, 1953 with W2BJQ. 

The QSL card for the 1953 contact with W2BJQ

Arthur was absolutely delighted with his quite unusual gift.

G2FTK was one of the founder members of the Coventry Amateur Radio Society, which was formed in 1932.

The rear of the card is of interest to vintage vehicle collectors, as it was printed by the Standard Motor Company.

The rear of the QSL card

This image of the new 1953 Standard Vanguard has as one of its passengers, the managing director Sir John Black, clearly chauffeur driven. The car itself, a prototype, was gold in colour and photographed in Stoneleigh Village