Biography

First licensed in 1990, I operated sporadically maritime mobile between 1990 and 1999 while I was at sea in the merchant navy. Between 2000 and 2024 I've operated as sporadically as my work has taken me all over the World and not leaving me with enough time to do as much radio as I'd like. While I still travel for work, I'm now largely settled in EI, I'm getting a bit more time for radio and I'm getting a bit more organised about it. I'm a committed (certifiable?) low band receive DXer - NDBs and Navtex in particular, and I'm a (not sufficiently committed) member of the very successful contest brigade that is EI7M. Some years ago, I was inexplicably made an Honourary Member of the Ilford RSGB Group "for having shown extreme humour in the face of amateur radio". To this day I don't know what I did or said, but I'm genuinely pleased that whatever it was it made someone laugh...

EI4HQ QSL Information:
LoTW (monthly)
Bureau (monthly)
Direct (on receipt)
eQSL (automatic upload after each QSO)
Clublog (automatic upload after each QSO)

I ALWAYS reply to cards I receive; sending me a paper QSL guarantees a card by return either direct or via bureau depending on how I received the incoming card. I generally don't send out paper QSL cards these days however, except when it's a new one for me and the DX call is not on LoTW.

I'm manager for the following additional calls:

EI100T: Titanic 100th Anniversary special event station on air throughout 2012 from Cobh (Queenstown) the Titanic's last port of call. See QRZ.com for details.
[EI0TEN: EI0TEN was formerly a 10m CW Beacon on 28.209MHz.]

Equipment

Station upgrade underway, Q4 2024-Q1 2025, details to follow.