Call data Previous call: | 2E0PTZ | Last update: | 2020-10-19 13:44:13 | Continent: | EU | Views: | 759 | Main prefix: | G | Class: | Full | Federal state: | Hants, UK | Latitude: | 51.1956971 | Longitude: | -1.5295029 | Locator: | IO91FE | DXCC Zone: | 223 | ITU Zone: | 27 | CQ Zone: | 14 | Website: | amateurastronomy.co.uk |
Most used bands 20m (37%) 15m (18%) 40m (15%) 10m (11%) 17m (9%) Most used modes SSB (58%) FT8 (33%) CW (5%) RTTY (3%) FT4 (2%) QSL data Last update: | 2020-07-26 13:58:35 | eQSL QSL: | no | Bureau QSL: | YES | Direct QSL: | no | LoTW QSL: | YES |
| Biography Been interested in radio since I was a boy and nearly did the RAE (Radio Amateur Examination) but the morse requirement for HF put me off ! Had an old wartime R1155 valve radio then. Still got it but daren't turn it on ! Then life happened ! My working life was as a materials engineer specialising in composite materials. I did a lot of work on carbon fibre composites for aircraft.
I retired in 2017, so I got myself a radio, put an antenna up, and got help from my local radio club in Andover. So here I am talking and not just listening !
I am using an Icom IC7300 on HF and on 2m and 70cm I have an Icom IC9700. I also use a small Baofeng when walking and a QYT KT-8900D /M in the car. I am also have an Anytone D578 DMR rig.
The main HF antenna is a Hexbeam on a telescopic mast, from 5-10m high. I also have a 40m dipole at a height of just 5m.
The 2m/70cm FM base antenna is a comet GP6 (gain 6.5/9.0dB), 3m long but only about 3m high from the ground. The mobile FM antenna is a Diamond supergainer. I also have 6m, 2m and 70cm Yagi antennas for SSB.
My old call sign was M6PTU, then 2E0PTZ but I upgraded to M0PTZ when I passed the UK advanced radio exam in December 2018.
RAFARS 4909
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