Biography

I started off in radio as a SWL back in the late 1970s when my Father had an Eddystone receiver in the shed. He got me hooked when he managed to acquire a large and heavy Racal R107 receiver for me. This was attached to a random length of wire stretched down the garden.

The next step was with CB radio, running a Cobra 148 and Midland 4001. Sigma IV and a 3 - element beam. This was the setup throughout the 1980s, and resulted in many good DX contacts throughout Europe and the USA.

A break from radio followed until 2018, when Foundation licences were obtained for myself and my son (M7GLJ).

Intermediate call obtained 25/03/2023 - thanks to all the course trainers at NADARS.
Hope to catch you soon, 73.

www.sangwell.co.uk

Gridsquare: IO91LK

WAB Square: SU67

189ft ASL.

RSGB Member.

Member of Newbury & District Amateur Radio Society (NADARS).

QTH is just outside the town of Reading, this is approximately 45 miles west of the city of London.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FT-710 + SP10 speaker.

Yaesu FT 991 + SP10 speaker.

Heil Proset Elite 6 headset.

Audio Technica AT2040 mic.

Behringer XM8500 studio mic.

Yaesu M-70 desk microphone.

LDG Z-100A ATU.

mAT-30 ATU.

MFJ-945E tuner.

MFJ-941E tuner.

Yaesu FT-2980 (2m).

MyDel 20m end-fed, 9:1 balun for 80 - 6m.

SE HF-360 & Plus Kit Vertical 80 - 6m.

10m 1/2 wave dipole.

Diamond X-30 for 2m & 70cm.

Diamond A144S10R 2m 10 elementYagi

Sharman Multicom AR-600XL rotator.

Diamond NR-770H dual band antenna.

Ranger RCI 2950 F

Anytone AT-779UV.

Yaesu FT-65.

Ailunce HD1.

Wouxun KG-UVD1P.

Quansheng UV-K5.

Baofeng UV-82.

Yupiteru MVT-7100 multi mode scanner.

Surecom SW-102 digital meter.

Nissei RS-70 digital meter.

SARK 100 Analyzer.

AV-400 / AV-601 SWR/PWR meters.

Yaesu FRG-7 Receiver (for nostalgia purposes).