G-13038 Callsign on QRZCQ.com

Biography

If I have visited your QRZCQ page, I have probably heard you QRV on the bands that day.

Hello I am Pete, I was Born in the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett in 1950.

I started Short Wave Listening in 1963, so 62+ years later, I am still a very active Listener.

In 1966, I trained as a Royal Air Force Telegraphist.
(I was in the 306th Apprentice Entry at RAF Cosford 1966-67).

I was Licensed as Amateur Radio Station MP4BIM - Bahrain Island in 1970 and 1971, whilst serving at RAF Muharraq. (MP4B callsigns later became A9 Callsigns).

I was an active Founder Member of the newly formed ARABahrain in 1971.
Unfortunately, I left Bahrain just before the new A9 callsigns were issued.

I also operated the club station - MP4BBA and the JOTA station - MP4BS.

Since December 1999, I have had the honour to be a Life Vice President of the "International Short Wave League".

I am a very active SWL on all the Ham Bands, from 160m through to 10m.

I have heard and logged signals from 304 Current DXCC Countries.

I Monitor CW, RTTY, PSK, JT65, FT8 and other data modes, including the occasional SSTV.
I only use SSB for listening to specific club nets etc.

Most of my active monitoring is in PSK, RTTY, JT9, JT65 and FT8 at the present time.

My CW monitoring is less now, due to "CW deafness". (I no longer have a full hearing range).

I have no Interest in TX'ing.

When I send out Reception Reports, they are sent via eQSL.cc (AG Life Member).

PSK Reporter uploads are Automatic when Monitoring the Digital Modes.

Vy 73 and thanks for visiting my QRZCQ Page.
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Full Details and Pictures are on http://www.pgr1.co.uk

My Current Clubs:
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ISWL G-13038 - The International Short Wave League

RAFARS 855 - The Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society

EPC #0190L - The European Phase Shift Keying Club - My EPC Area is: UK.DO.BO

RAOTA 1080 - The Radio Amateurs Old Timers Association

BDM #0045R - The Belgian Digital Modes Club

30MDG 3294 - The 30 Meter Digital Group

CDG #0358 - The Croatian Digital Group

NAQCC #2649 - The North American QRP CW Club

DMC *SWL0078 - The Digital Modes Club

ERC #06748 - The European ROS Club

FT8DMC #03817 - The FT8 Digital Mode Club

WAB - My "Worked All Britain" Square is SZ09.
My Book numbers are: 9980, 15153 and 18018.

My WAB Book Numbers CAN BE CLAIMED for your WAB Awards.

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Worked DXCCs:

View my received DXCCs

Equipment

My Main Radios:
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Kenwood TS-480,

Kenwood TS-590,

Kenwood TM-V7 (x2) - Mainly for VHF/UHF Marine and Airband monitoring.

I also use SDR Radio's. (Mainly with the Digital modes):

FlexRadio - Flex-1500 - with PowerSDR software,

SDRplay - RSP1, (10kHz - 2GHz),

SDRplay - RSP2, (10kHz - 2GHz),

SDR Software used with the above RSP1 & RSP2 include:
SDRuno - The software supplied with the SDRPlay units,
SDRConsole for SDR RSP
and HDSDR for SDR RSP.

Data Software used with all of the above SDR's include:
Ham Radio Deluxe (Registered user), FLDigi, JTDX, WSJT-X and JT65-HF-HB9HQX.

My Antennas:
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Various Dipoles and end-fed wires, (All from "Moonraker.eu"):

Half G5RV with 80m extension,

20m Trapped Dipole,

Dipole for 20-15-10m,

WARC Bands Dipole as inverted "V",

HF-360 verticals, (x2)

Diamond V-2000 6-2-70cm Verticals, (x2)

Wellbrook ALA-1530 Active RX Loop antenna, for 150kHz to 30MHz.

Datong AD-370 Active Dipoles for 100kHz to 52MHz. (x2)

Please visit my webpage for full Details and more pictures at: http://www.pgr1.co.uk
email: g13038@pgr1.co.uk

Vy 73 - Keep well, Good DX and have a good day!

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