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Old 4th May 2021, 12:38 pm   #21
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David I don't think the Cambridge Professor is the same person as David Arthur Tong of Datong the ages and education don't seem to match.
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Old 4th May 2021, 12:40 pm   #22
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This gives a clue to what happened to Datong as a company.
https://www.cryptomuseum.com/df/datong/index.htm
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Old 4th May 2021, 2:26 pm   #23
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This gives a clue to what happened to Datong as a company.
https://www.cryptomuseum.com/df/datong/index.htm
That solves the mystery then.

So, from small beginnings, through innovation and enterprise, in 2013 he sank gently to earth in a golden parachute:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/busi...pleted-1862363
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Old 4th May 2021, 3:26 pm   #24
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Old 4th May 2021, 3:32 pm   #25
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Datong went very, very quiet on the amateur radio front when he started getting seriously involved in the spooky stuff. It's a requirement of being in that business. So from that point on, nothing has been heard of him in public. From the outside, it seems that his change of direction was rather successful.

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Still slightly in the "Air"....... in my view... if you are a keen electronics designer, thats what you are, DNA and all that...I seem to remember David mastered in Chemistry, which could lead to other thing of course. Thanks for all the comments though..
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Sorry for coming to this thread a little late. I think I can clear up a few facts.
I had the great pleasure and honour of knowing and working with David and Datong, on and off, through the 70's, 80's and 90's.
David held a Class A licence - G4GMQ - besides his Class B G8ENN call sign.
I believe David finally divested his interests in the company in the 90's, when it was certainly no longer involved with the amateur radio market.
As a hobby, he learned piano and eventually took up the accordion. I believe he still practices with an accordion group in Bradford.

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Hi Peter..... Thanks for the info....hopefully he is still "warm and walking"
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