Biography

I am a satellite communications engineer specialising in RF system engineering for flight payload and ground stations. I started in the amateur radio hobby long before becoming an RF system engineer professional and it has inspired me for as long as I can remember.

My main interests are

1. Repeaters (I maintain the local club repeater system)
2. HF Digital Modes
3. HF CW (Still the most efficient communication mode in the world)
4. Satellites (OSCARS) even though at the moment not much is hapenning since AO51 died
5. SSB on 20m/40m/80m for ragchewing with local friends in Greece and Cyprus on the greek nets

Equipment

FT-847
IC-735
Trapped dipoles for 10m,15m,20m,40m and 80m all tuned to work with no tuner. (max SWR at freq of interest is 1.5:1)
Diamond X510 vertical for local work (and some DX in the summer)
D700
D7
FT-7800
TYT VF-1