Meet The Team

The SLARC – South Lancs Amateur Radio Club Team

John Livesey G0JJL- Chairman

John Livesey, G0JJL, is the newly appointed chairman of South Lancs Amateur Radio Club, he’s keen to take the club forward, especially in relation to attracting new members and expanding the club’s activities. He first became interested in radio as a shortwave listener while a youngster. John is a retired professional radio engineer and is now a trustee of the Radio Communications Foundation – RCF charity, which aims to encourage and support youngsters into a radio engineering career via amateur radio.

Nigel Roberts G3NRS – Secretary

A recently retired Technical Director and Enterprise Architect for leading IT Consultancy companies. Nigel has worked in the IT industry for over 30 years mainly in the field of Identity management, Email, Security and Cloud computing. He is a passionate outdoors person enjoying European cycling trips and mountaineering in the Cumbrian Lakes and Welsh Mountains, where he can combine this with his love of amateur radio.

Steve Christie M0XEM – Co-Tutor and E-learning co-ordinator

Steve has over 22 years of experience at the BBC and as a retired college lecturer. He possesses extensive knowledge in the HAM radio hobby, and his expertise in electronics is unparalleled. He excels at applying this knowledge in practical situations. Having been with us for several years, he has rapidly advanced from a Foundation Licence to an Intermediate Licence and ultimately to a FULL Licence holder.

Leigh Travis M7HBF – Club Treasurer

The Treasurer, a pivotal role within the club, Leigh will be responsible for the club funds, the payment of all dues, and the collection of all subscriptions. He keeps an account of all transactions within SLARC. Leigh joined Bolton and District Amateur Radio Club (G8WY) when he was around 14 years old. He got on with studying electronics, both building and competing rally cars. He then became a Senior lecturer at Staffordshire and Manchester Metropolitan universities. His current career path lead him to teaching engineering and computer science at Liverpool hope university.

Stuart Parr M7SI – Website Administrator

Just a dad juggling his kids rugby matches and radio waves, fueled by beer and questionable parenting skills. He provides our website hosting and our social media presence. Hes an enthusiastic member of the club, willing to help anyone from creating channel settings files to dmr codeplugs. He holds a keen interest in all things radio from ADSB aircraft tracking, radio scanners, off grid messaging and both analogue and DMR ham radio chatter.