Biography

Who Am I?
I'm the son of G3RKP(sk). I got my first callsign in 2009 as KC2VWR, then M6UBS and currently 2E0LUN, (I'm currently working on my full UK License,then I'll work on my US General & Extra). I'm reading Planetary Science at The Open University in Milton Keynes and yes I'm an advocate of going to Mars but by first colonising the Moon. I am an active amatuer astronomer who prefers Imaging to Visual Observing, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, the lead host on the CometWatch and Irish Astro Geeks vodcast. Oh yes i also love making model spacecraft...
I prefer real hats to baseball caps too, and can be often be seen wearing either a Fedora or a Panama.....

My interests include Astro Imaging, Helio and Terresterial Weather, Cooking, Hiking (Fellwalking), Self-Suffiency (Kitchen Gardening), Homebrewing my own Beers and Wine and Languages.
Areas of Interest:
Working the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, The Holy Land, The Nordic countries (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark), and British Commonwealth Countries. APRS, EME, Inter G and DX, Aurora/Meteor Scatter, The ISS, Satellites, Airfields on the Air, Bunkers on the Air, IOTA, Lighthouses & LightShips on the Air, Museum on the Air, Mills on the Air, Observatories on the Air, Railways on the Air, SOTA (including Hills, Humps & Wainwrights), Volcanoes on the Air, Fire Towers on the Air, POTA, Zoo's on the Air, 6M, VHF & UHF, US Islands, WWFF and building my own Ham Radio related kit.

My Amateur Radio Station forms part of my Astronomical Observatory named after my grandfather Albert George Childs

SkyWarn US ID# N6-001-575. SkyWarn UK ID# BE01.

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Please QSL direct or by eqsl

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Areas of Interest:
Working the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, The Holy Land, The Nordic countries (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark), and British Commonwealth Countries. APRS, EME, Inter G and DX, Aurora/Meteor Scatter, The ISS, Satellites, Airfields on the Air, Bunkers on the Air, IOTA, Lighthouses & LightShips on the Air, Museum on the Air, Mills on the Air, Observatories on the Air, Railways on the Air, SOTA (including Hills, Humps & Wainwrights), Volcanoes on the Air, Fire Towers on the Air, POTA, Zoo's on the Air, 6M, VHF & UHF, US Islands, WWFF and building my own Ham Radio related kit.

My Amateur Radio Station forms part of my Astronomical Observatory named after my grandfather Albert George Childs

I am a member of the RSGB, The ARRL, Bedford and District Amateur Radio Club, Radio Society of Thailand, IARC, IAA, Worked All Britain, British Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (membership # 393), The UK Six Meter Group (as M6UBS), Association of Planetary and Lunar Observers, The British Astronomical Association,The Royal Astronomical Society,

On Twitter, Insta & Tiktok as @Nick2E0LUN, @2E0LUN_WX (twitter only) & Mastodon as @Nick2E0LUN@astrodon.social
WAB Square TL04 (as determined by the WAB net of 2013/05/10)

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

QTH:
Sommerkamp FT-767DX with the Yaesu Musen FC-707 Antenna Tuner and the FVT-707 2m Transverter (looking for the FP-707 PSU & the FV-707 External VFO).
Icom IC-718 with a Homebrew Transmatch.
Antenna QTH: Sigma Euro-Com LW40 End-fed for 160m to 6m.
Equipment used /M: Yaesu 857D
Antenna Mobile: Comet SB-15 Triband (6m/2m/70cm) & a ATA 120A (HF+50)
Equipment used /P: Kenwood TH-D74
Weather Station used: Ecowitt Wireless Wi-Fi Weather Station - (WS2910)

Observatory Equipment:
16” Ultra-Light Explore Scientific Ultra-Light weight Dobsonian
C10-NGT GOTO Newtonian Reflector
Sky-Watcher Startravel-102T OTA Refractor Telescope
Sky-Watcher SKYMAX-102 (EQ2) Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope
Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi WiFi Go-To Alt-Azimuth Mount
Zhumell 20x80 Binoculars with tripod
ZWOASI 120MC-S
Orion StarShoot Solar System Color Imaging Camera IV
Canon 60D DSLR