Biography

HI THERE FROM GLORIOUS DEVON ,BETWEEN THE SEASIDE TOWN OF SIDMOUTH AND THE MAD TAR BARREL ROLLING TOWN OF OTTERY ST MARY SEE LINK.

http://www.otterytarbarrels.co.uk

MY NAME IS DAVE I AM NOW AN Intermediate LICENSEE HOLDER HERE IN THE UK ,BUT MY INTEREST IN RADIO HAS BEEN ABOUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME . IT ALL STARTED WAY BACK IN THE LATE 70`S WHEN I LIVED NEAR CLEVELAND OHIO ,USA WHEN I WAS INTRODUCED TO CB, I HAVE STAYED WITH THAT TO THIS DAY AND I AM STILL ACTIVE THERE, BUT ALSO UNTIL YEAR ,2010, I HELD A UK PBR LICENSE FOR PVT COMMUNICATIONS FOR 10 YEARS,I AM ALSO A UK RALLY MARSHAL SO MY COMM SKILLS WERE USED BY MY LOCAL MOTORSPORT CLUB AS COMMS CONTROL.

I AM SEMI RETIRED NOW DUE TO ILL HEALTH, BUT STILL RUN A SMALL FARM , AFTER BEING A TRUCK DRIVER FOR NEARLY 30 YRS, AND STILL NO GOLD MEDAL, HIHI,.

YOU CAN FIND ME ON ANY HF BAND AND ON VHF AND UHF AND DIGITAL MODE C4FM. I ALSO CAN BE FOUND SOMETIMES WORKING WAB, ALSO I DO HAVE DATA MODES HERE PARTICULARLY ROS, PSK 31, FT8 AND SSTV ALONG WITH ECHOLINK AND APRS AS WELL AS MONITORING CB, NOT JUST AT HOME BUT ALSO MOBILE, I AM A MEMBER OF THE RSGB AS WELL.

AND FINALLY MY HEART FELT THANKS MUST GO TO MY UNCLE AND HIS FAMILY,A SILENT KEY, GW4KVJ WHO WAS THE FINAL PERSUADER FOR ME TO ACTUALLY BECOME A HAM OPERATOR AFTER HE PASSED AWAY HE LEFT HIS REMAINING SHACK EQUIPMENT TO ME. AND AS A FINAL REQUEST BY THE FAMILY WAS TO SEE IF I COULD TAKE ALL OR PART OF HIS CALLSIGN. THANK YOU UNCLE JOHN GW4KVJ ,USUALLY MORSE QRP STATION

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/M6KVJ

I AM CONTACTABLE VIA EMAIL AT m6kvj1@gmail.com or 2e0kvj@gmail.com

THANKS DAVE 2e0kvj/M6KVJ

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

icom ic7700 using a radio works carolina windom 160 compact special at 60ft,6m yagi and a 3 el ultrabeam
A Yeasu fr847 on a 2m 9el inov beam
An Elekraft K2 100w on a hustler bv9
icom 718 + m0aqc interface +mfj 969 using a 297ft long wire at 30ft or a 10.3m vertical 1ft of the ground
philips fm1200 (pa4den 4m conversion) using a modified vertical
kenwood tm71ve using a 2m/70cm colinear 30ft above ground
there is also a cb, colt excalibur, using a 5/8 wave vertical
reciever icom ic710
icon 9100 as it have all bands plus dstar



mobile in tractors
tait 2000 using 1/4 wave steel whip + a cb as well
icom ic 208d plus 1/4 wave antenna
car yaesu ftm 400 plus 1/2 antenna and a yaesu ft847 plus atas 120

handie
Wouxun KG-UVD1P
baofeng uv-5v
wouxun kg-uvn1 dmr
retevis rt82 dmr
also have a 60ft versa tower tiger inov 9 element 2m yagi + ultrabeam 3 element 6m yagi
plus i have 40ft trailer towe for any extras