Biography

Hello
A little bit about me.........I have been a licensed ham radio operator since June 2000. I have been interested in radio since the early 70's, started off on 11m's,Only on SSB as I was not interested in AM, worked the world but always wanted to become a licensed ham but with work and this past number of years disability, although being disabled (due to accident at work) I was able to pursue amateur radio having a disability I have had a lot more time. I started off with the call MI1ROB in June 2000, in November 2000 I got my existing call-sign MI5RJS and the rest is history. I am one of the very few ham operators that still holds the MI5 call sign in Northern Ireland at the moment as many changed to MI0 when the cw requirement was done away with.
I live about 15 miles (24 kilometer) south east from the city of Londonderry in the North west coast of Northern Ireland with my wife Linda also a Radio amateur (MI3RIL).
We are out in the countryside surrounded by farm land the nearest neighbor is around 200 meter's from our house, so no problems erecting Antenna's Hi Hi.
My other hobby is Remote Controlled model aircraft mostly building them although I only like building or I should say rebuilding model Electric Helicopters, I also build remote controlled electric quad-copter's starting from the frame up to a flying craft, very enjoyable I have to say when you see it flying correctly as it should and really the radio control side is still working with radio with the transmitter and receiver to control the aircraft usually on 2.4GHz.
Thanks for reading if we have had a qso Thanks if not hope to work you soon 73

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

HF Equipment

Yaesu FT1000mp 100w and Yaesu FT1000mp MK V 200w with Heil PR781 Microphone used on both Transceivers, I also use a Audio-technica ATR 30 both are excellent mic's very well matched to the ft1000mp

Ameritron ATR-15 Antenna Tuner and Dentron MT-3000A Antenna Tuner

Dentron 160-10 L Amplifier 2KW..We are only allowed to use 400watts in the UK.

G3TXQ Broadband 6 Band HexBeam on 50'(15m) Homebrew Tilt over Tower.

Homebrew Zepp 160m to 10m
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VHF Equipment

Icom ic2725e 2m & 70cms
Watson 3000 vertical 6m, 2m, 70cms
Ascom 4m Transceiver
homebrew 4m vertical
And more........