Biography

I lived in Johannesburg for most of my life where I met my XYL - Antoinette ZS6D/ZS2E. We are now happily married for more than 40 years.(I need a medal)

Retired in 2020 at age 84 from very active life in my own architectural consulting engineering business. Although I am also a registered medical health practitioner, I never practiced but found engineering more interesting.
Now I enjoying an idyllic lazy lifestyle down at the seaside.
I look out over a beautiful lake and straight out to sea which is around 450 yards from my house. I should have retired 10 years earlier!!

Only pity is the decay of the country everything is falling to pieces due to non-stop the corruption and greed of the ANC Government and their leaders.

In the last 5 years our currency value has lost 50% of its value against the dollar. The South African Rand is now worth less than 10% of what it was 20 years ago.

Ham equipment prices are scary.

Equipment

Equipment:
Yaesu FTDX101D + Acom 2000A
Icom IC7800 + Icom PW1 / Alpin 200
Icom IC7300 + Alpha 87A

Antenna:
Hygain TH11
Hygain 2el 40m
80m end-fed sloper (fed at top and sloping downwards near vertical into riverbed below QTH.

Mobile:
Ford Ranger Double Cab
Rig: Icom IC7000 + MFJ 500 watt linear
Antenna: High Sierra screwdriver