Biography

Awaiting Shingles Jab any time now.

Now member of DARC.DE Ortsverband DOK A05 Chapter, Freiburg im Breisgau. dk0fr.de

Local (UK) club: Guildford & District Radio Society. gdrs.org.UK

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Up-Dated April 2024

Mostly Elecraft, K2/100,2 Metre & 70Cms Transverters + K3/100,KAT500,KPA500,P3 & Vertical Ant SteppIR with SteppIR SDA100 PC connected Controller. EFHW antenna, 120 foot long wire attached to 49:1 UnUn rated @ 600 Watts. Tunes 10 Metres to 160 Metres 1:1

UK now upgraded to 1KW. 9:1 & 49:1 UnUn rated @ 2KW under construction.

Icom IC 9700 full control via Minos. "LINEARamp" 300 Watt linear Amplifiers for (Gemini 2) 144MHz and Gemini 70 for 432MHz. Gemini 23 - 250 Watt Linear Amplifier for 1296MHz All used on UKAC contests.

Given (Free !) FlexRadio FLEX-1500 plus software and home built (not by me!) 40 watt Linear. Not used yet.

Rotator, SPID Rak double worm drive. PC controlled via PstRotator / Minos. Turns 7 Ele (2 Metres) and 11 Ele (70 Cms) also 44 Ele (23 Cms) Yagi's also 10 Metre steeriable dipole.

HF amp, SPE Expert 1K-FA, used this mainly for 40 Metres to Topband. Use with the EFHW noted above

Aquired an early Icom IC706 and an SGC SG-2020 QRP HF Transceiver. Have a (tr)uSDX All-Band QRP Rig. Bright Orange!