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Rod Reeder

Page history last edited by Ian Gillis 3 years, 7 months ago




Introduction

Here are a few tributes to Rod Reeder on the occasion of his retirement in Early August 2020, after 49 years of service to Marconi, starting as an apprentice.

Nigel D
I remember Rod as far back as the days of Test 110. He was crucial to the development of the 743 Power Amps and remained so up to the present day with the success of the very latest version. Fantastically helpful - there's not much about RF Rod doesn't know! The heading picture shows him in the RF Lab at Eastwood House (taken as part of a publicity series showing Company facilities and capabilities) c2008. John Hawes and I are lurking in the background.

Roger N
I first met Rod when I joined in 1990, working in Test 110 at WRW. He showed me the ropes.
I believe he then moved to the model shop at Eastwood House when WRW closed.
More recently he has worked in the RF department at EWH and now Baddow A100.
I think he was in Korea for a while teaching Samsung how to build transmitters.
He had been involved in many of our RF designs inc. 743D power amps.

Chris S
Below is a picture of Rod with the Lanza Project Team at Rivenhall celebrating the delivery of the last ATRG (Antenna Receiver Transmitter Group) to Spain in 2002.

 

Back Row (L to R) – Rod Reeder; Ian Lazenby; Jon Lambert 

Front Row (L to R) – Colin Wardell; Pete Crosbie; Ted Barnes; Trish Shayler; Robin Prentice; John Masters; Alec Godbold; Chris Simons; Dave Thorpe.


I knew Rod throughout my time at Marconi Radar/BAE Systems from 1976 to 2017. We were a small part of the Writtle Road Works team that survived all the changes in organisation and location, ending up finally at Baddow where Radar started in Chelmsford.
He is a legend, always helpful, very dedicated and extremely talented. Rod was often in great demand as he was “the best/only person for the job”, helping many Projects to recover from some serious situations. I remember him spending a lot of time (years) on testing and developing the 743D/Lanza Power Amplifiers, including a spell at Hillend, training staff on test and fault finding when work was transferred there from Writtle Road.

Jeremy T
Rod was very well thought of at Chelmsford and was the “go to” RF engineer for the past few years. He was invaluable to many projects over time and during my time at Marconi/AMS/BAE Systems (1976-2017) helped resolve many issues.
His skill and knowledge was also recognised by the customer; in addition to the Spanish on Lanza, I can testify that the Omanis also held Rod in great esteem. He spent time in Seeb at the RAFO 3rd Line Repair Facility teaching their technicians how to test and fault find various units on project HADAF.
As Chris said, Rod was one of the few who can trace their time back to Writtle Road and the days of Marconi Radar Systems.

 

 

The above photo shows a young Rod taken in the “high bay” of E building Writtle Road Works when the last Below Decks Assembly of the Seawolf point defence system completed manufacturing and was passed onto Naval Division for system integration. Rod worked in Test section 110 at that time, and can be seen front row 1st on the left. I don’t believe any of the others in the photo are still with the Company, with the possible exception of Steve Taylor and, I think, Tony Lock (2nd from right in 2nd and 3rd rows respectively). I was Assembly Manager at the time and am on the left at the back behind Rod.

Relaxing after work…


 


 

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