Biography

I WAS FIRST LICENCE AS G1TOS IN THE 1980'S THEN PASSED MORSE IN THE FALKLANDS AND BECAME G0OFD WHEN STATIONED IN FALKLANDS MY CALL WAS VP8CED I WAS VERY ACTIVE UP TO 1996 IN GOSPORT I WAS A MENBER OF THE SUBMARINE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB AND WE WAS ACTIVE ON MANY CONTESTS AS G0NKL OR GB0SUB WHICH WAS A STRONG SIGNAL ON THE SOUTH COAST I WAS A MENBER OF THE CLUB FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS CLUB CHAIRMAN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS THEN DUE TO OTHER COMMENTMENTS AND RELOCATION TO NORFOLK I HAVE NOT BEEN AS ACTIVE AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED HOWEVER AS I AM IN POSITION NOW TO BE MORE ACTIVE I HAVE STARTED WORKING ON A REGULAR BASIS ON THE HF BANDS I ENJOY PHONE ,DATA,SO IF YOU HEAR MY CALL I WILL REPLY ALL THE BEST JOHN.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

MY STATION Icom IC-726 & Icom IC-706MKIIG PLUS KENWOOD TS2000 100WATTS
FL2000B AND A SBE HF LINEAR AMPS AND FOR VHF 2MTR HEATHERLITE AND A NAG 144XL AMPS
ANTENNAS G5RV & TB3 TRI BAND BEAM 20 MTR LW FOR HF
THE ALTON 10MTR MAST IS LOCATED 3OMTR ASL WITH TB3,2MTR ZL 10 ELEMENT AND 10 ELEMENT 70CMS BEAM THE G5RV IS INVERTED FROM THE MAST THE LW IS RUNNING N/S DIRECTION AT 3 MTR
LOCATION 30 MTR ASL
FOR LOGGING AND DIGI MODES I USE HRD SOFTWARE