Biography
Born 1944
SWL from 1950's
First licensed 1974 as G8KNP, in those days 144 MHz and up
very active on AO 6 & 7
Upgraded to Class A 1977
Became G4HBI
Inactive from about 1990 until November 2007
Re-activated by my good friend Eddie G4KHG
Satellite interest rekindled after receiving pictures from ARISSsat-1
Active 40M - 10M mainly digimodes
Satellites AO-7, VO-52, FO-29, would like a contact with ISS one day
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Equipment
Kenwood ICOM 7300
Antenna
12 AVQ 20M to 10M other bands Hamsticks
Countries worked from November 2007 to July 2012 209 mixed modes,
SSB (105), Digital Modes (194), CW (85)
Satellite
FT 857, ICOM 706 MkIIG ( 706 donated by G4KHG )
Dual band antenna 2M 7 elements. 70cms 11 elements