Biography

Thank you for visiting my page.

If we have recently worked, thank you for the QSO.

First licensed back in 1982 with G6PRZ I operated regularly on 2m from the East Midlands just south of Nottingham. I took the morse test and gained my current callsign G4VHJ a year later and was active until I went to music college in London. Sporadic activity for the rest of the eighties until I moved to Ewell (Surrey) in 1994. I am enjoying catching up on developments in radio communication that have passed me by in the last three decades!

I enjoy CW (SKCC 24542) and SSB too. I teach the Classical Guitar in local schools and have students from 6 years right up to adults too.

I hope to work you soon.

73's Julian

Equipment

Equipment

Himound Manipulator Iambic morse key. Kent and Himound HK-806 straight keys. Various portable keys.

Elecraft K2 added to my shack in June 2023.

Kenwood TS570DG added February 2022.

Kenwood TS140S added September 2020.

Yaesu FT818nd and MX-P50M Power Amplifier which gives me 15/25/30 watts output.

End-fed halfwave (L configuration) for 40m to 10m.

Yaesu FT-4X handheld.

TECSUN PL-880 for travelling.

FT290R Mk1.

SONY ICF5900W which was my first radio with a BFO so I could listen to single sideband transmissions (late 70's).