Biography

The prefix GE is now (since late 2024) the only sure way to guarantee that a licensed station is operating from England. Recent licence changes allow the G prefix to be used from any UK site (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland etc)

Located in Leicester Forest East on the western edge of the city of Leicester.
Leicester is about 150km north of London, almost in the centre of England.

IO92jo
WAB - Book 4305, SK50, Leicestershire (Blaby District)
Hell Club member number 6774

First licenced in 1983 as G6NMP
Full Class A licence in 1986

I have reasonable fluency in French
I have a basic grasp of German & Esperanto

I live with my disabled wife.
I am a cyclist, sketcher, allotment gardener, petanque player (badly), grandfather, and collector of analogue (film) cameras.
My wife and I both love to travel and are frequent Interrailers - see gaylers.me/travel/

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SSB & FT8 on 40m to 12m (QRP on 40m)
SSB, AM, FM, SSB & FT8 on 10m

SSB, FM & FT8 on 6m (horizontal polarisation)

FM on 4m, 2m, 70cm (vertical polarisation)

Occasionally heard on HF using Olivia, Hellschreiber, PSK & RTTY

I'll happily re-live my mis-spent younger days when I should have been spending time with my children to give you contest points, but I CBA to enter contests these days. During contests I generally operate as GE4SDZ

Equipment

HF
Kenwood TS590s into a half-size G5RV at about 300m ASL (and about 15m above ground). Maximum of 100w - generally running between 55-75 watts.

VHF
Anytone AT288 Handheld about 3 watts FM to a vertical half wave dipole

VHF & UHF
Baofeng UV5R (for 2m & 70cm FM) (No external antenna)

Digimodes
Digital modes & Hell, PSK, RTTY via Linux Mint