Biography

Formerly from Cape Town, South Africa, I now live in Oporto, Portugal since 1993.

In South Africa, I was trained in Electronic Warfare, and did National Military Service in the South African Signals Corps (SACS) from 1985 untill 1987 (Heidelberg Signals School and 5 Signals Regiment). After completing military service, I wrote the Radio Amateur Examination in 1989. My first callsign was ZR1ACB, and then later, after passing the morse code test became ZS1AGJ. I have also been a keen Shortwave Listener since 1980, and was also a keen member of the South African DX Club (SADXC). During that time I took part in some SWL DXpeditions,and was also editor of "MW Logbook" for the SADXC magazine, "The South African Shortwave Listener".

Workwise, I was involved in Footwear Sales and ran a Footwear Retail Megastore in the Oporto area from 1994 until 2012. I have since sold my business and am planning to have more time to enjoy my Amateur Radio hobby amongst other things.I am married to Linda and have two daughters (17 and 11 years old). I am, fluent in English, Portuguese and Afrikaans. I enjoy Ragchewing, DXing, Scanners, and SWLing. I am especially interested in working South African stations, as I am working on my WAZS Worked All ZS Award. So if you hear me, please give me a call so that youmay help me in achieving this award!

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

RIGS:
HF Yaesu FT-2000
VHF/UHF: Yaesu FT-7100
Scanner: Yaesu VR-5000
Linear Amplifier: SPE Expert 1K-FA
ANTENNAS:
HF (10-15-20):Tribander (Hygain Explorer 14) at 18m height.
HF (40 & 80m):a dipole for 40/80m.
VHF/UHF: Dualbander vertical.
6M: a 5 element Yagi for 50MHz at 20m height.
Scanner: Discone antenna for scanner.
MOBILE: Yaesu FT-857 with matching AT-120 mobile antenna.