<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">BBC World Service presenter is a radio amateur</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Gareth Mitchell M7GJM</strong> is well known as presenter of the BBC World Service show Digital Planet. He got his amateur licence in 2019 thanks to help from members of Essex Ham<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Since getting his licence, Gareth M7GJM has been mentioning amateur radio in his BBC World Service show, most recently, featuring how radio hams in Australia have been helping with emergency comms.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the Essex Ham story at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.essexham.co.uk/news/online-learning-and-exam.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.essexham.co.uk/news/online-learning-and-exam.html</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Information on the free Foundation Online course that Gareth took is at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.essexham.co.uk/train/foundation-online/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.essexham.co.uk/train/foundation-online/</a></p></div>