Biography

JAN 2014 > MY INTEREST IN AMATEUR RADIO WAS SPARKED BY CB RADIO 1979 {COBRA 148GTLDX} THIS LED ME TO PURCHASING A TRIO R1000 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER. MY INTEREST THEN TURNED TO AMATEUR RADIO AND MY TAKING THE RADIO AMATEURS EXAMINATION, AND LATER THE MORSE TEST. HAVING GOT MY LICENCE IN 1991 I PURCHASED A SERIES OF YAESU FT101E TRANSCEIVERS AND EVENTUALLY AFTER 3 YRS OF SEARCHING I MANAGED TO GET THE FULL FT101E LINEUP. SINCE 1991 IVE OWNED MANY FT101 TRANSCEIVERS, FT902, FT990 X 2 - FT1000D AND A FT920 PLUS MANY MANY MORE TRANSCEIVERS. THE CURRANT EQUIPMENT {SEE QRZ.COM} FT200 / FT767GX / KW Z-MATCH / ENDFED AERIAL. I LOOK FORWARD TO CHATTING TO YOU ON 40M WHERE I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME THESE DAYS, DUE TO HAVEING A SMALL GARDEN - JUST 15M X 10M IM LIMITED TO A COMPROMISE AERIAL {ENDFED} HENCE THE ONLY BANDS I USE ARE 40M - 80M - 17M.
I NO LONGER QSL !
MY OTHER INTERESTS ARE VINYL RECORD COLLECTING / FLY FISHING AND COMPUTING.

73S GW0OUV / Mart.

Equipment

YAESU FT200
YAESU FT767GX
KW-Z/MATCH
ENDFED AERIAL OR LOOP {DELTA LOOP}