Bob Treacher BRS32525
Team Leader
Internationally known SWL Bob Treacher is no stranger to leading high profile, prestigious special event stations, having led the successful M2000A team which made 47,000 QSOs from the 0 meridian at Greenwich in January/February 2000.

Bob has been an active SWL since the early 1970's and has heard all DXCC entities except P5, T33 and VP6. He is also an active contester, runs his own multi-multi SWL contest team and writes for Radio Communication and the Chiltern DX Club.

Bob is also SWL QSL Manager for D68C, M2000A, 9M0C, C56DX, ZC4DX and 4S0UK.

[Biographies of the GB50 team - http://www.gb50.com/biogs.html]

Sent: 10 Feb 2009 10.35
To: SWARL@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SWARL] Bob Treacher

Hello Ullmar e.o.,
I wrote several emails to Bob Treachers'email address about two years ago, asking if he still was managing the SWL Challenges in connection with the CQ WW DX Contest and the WPX Contest. No answer..... After that I also wrote him a letter, asking the same, no answer either. A few months ago I found out accidently that he has got a HAM call now: M3RCV (see qrz.com).I worked him during the PACC Contest 2008, at the time not knowing that the operator was Bob! I'am afraid that Bob has cut off all his formerly connections with the SWL community.
Now I'am awaiting the opportunity to meet him on the 80m band, asking him the same questions!

Best regards, Ruud, NL290 / PG1R.

Results of the 2007 CQ WW DX SSB Contest

...Second place in Europe went to Bob, M3RCV. What a great score from a really dedicated ham. Bob was and still is one of the world’s best SWLers as BRS 32525. From the SWL ranks many a great contester has sprung.

[http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/1WW_SSB_Story_Aug08ALL_.pdf]

Sent: 10 Feb 2009 19.35
To: SWARL@yahoogroups.com
Subject: SV: [SWARL] Bob Treacher

Hello Ruud:

Thanks for the information Ruud. It looks like Bob Treacher has been rather treacherous to us SWLs!! He has been a leading figure in the Radio Communication magazine and this gives him some responsibility. I consider people from Britain very reliable in most cases, this is my experience after more than 50 years of correspondence. But the exception does not annihilate the rule....

73 Ullmar, SM5-1252

Contest Kalender 2009
CQWW SWL Challenge

Eine aktuelle Ausschreibung liegt nicht vor.

SSB: Samstag, 24.10.2009, 0000 bis Sonntag, 25.10.2009, 2359 UTC
CW: Samstag, 28.11.2009, 0000 bis Sonntag, 29.11.2009, 2359 UTC,

Veranstalter: BRS32525 (Privat Conetste?)

Bänder: 1,8 - 28 MHz (ohne WARC)

Klassen:
A: Single OP;
B: Multi OP/ Multi RX,
C: Multi OP/ Single RX
DX-Cluster nur in B und C erlaubt

QSO-Punkte: je gehörtes europäisches Land 1 Punkt, je DX-Land 5 Punkte

Multiplikatorpunkte: je DXCC/WAE-Land pro Band 1 Punkt

Contestmanager:
Bob Treacher, BRS32525,
93 Elibank Road,
Eltham,
London, SE9 1QJ,
England

[DARC Contest Calendar - http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/cqdlcont/09cqwwswl.htm]

Sent: 11 Feb 2009 18.15
To: SWARL@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: SV: [SWARL] Bob Treacher

Hi Ruud and Ullmar,
I read your messages and the name of Bob Treacher appeared to be not new for me. In fact I searched my old e-mails and found the following:
From G3XTT, IOTA Contest Manager: "There are several reasons why the SWL section has been dropped. Firstly, we no longer have any volunteers to check it. Bob Treacher did it until two years ago, but then had to stop as he no longer had the time".
From an SWL friend from Belgium: "As you probably know there was a very interesting contest (during cqww) organized by Bob Treacher from England but unfortunately the number of entrants (more than 100 the first year) was going down year after year because we have never the results... hi... That man is quite crazy from my opinion...".
No comments.

73 de Dan, I1-12387