Biography

Hello dear radio friend. Many thanks for looking me up on QRZ.com

8th September 2024 - I AM CURRENTLY QRT. On 8th September, I removed all of my antennas and packed away my radio station ready for a house move. If you worked my callsign after this date then it was not me. I'll update my profile with new details once my sation is set up at the new QTH.

28th Septemper 2024 - Now at QTH in Staintondale to the north of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. However, I will remain QRT for some time yet due to other commitments.

I was first licensed as G7AXN in 1988 and still hold that callsign but no longer use it. I upgraded to Class A/B as M5ADY in 1999, followed by my current Class A callsign shortly after.

Locator: IO94sj

QSL via LoTW, QRZ.com, Clublog, eQSL

Currently only active on HF, 40m to 6m.

After being QRT for well over 10 years I came back to the hobby in 2018 and now enjoy it more than ever. Unfortunately, during a house move in 2015 all of my previous station logs were lost, so if I have worked you before via any of my callsigns and I don't acknowledge it please accept my apologies. I have re-built part of my old log by entering information from QSL cards received. Sadly, this only represents a fraction of the stations I've previously worked.

73's 

Russ

Equipment

Transceiver - Icom IC-7610

Microphone - Heil Pro 7-ic headset

Tuner - MFJ-962D (bought as a non-working item and repaired)

Amplifier - Homebrew 1KW based on an MRF1K50H LDMOS

Antenna 10m - Homebrew 3 element LFA Yagi, at 11m on MM0CUG telescopic mast.

Antenna 20m - Homebrew shortened 1/2 wave dipole (7.2m long, horizontal, 1.8uH coils in centre of each arm, capacity hats at the ends of each arm), 1m below 10m LFA Yagi.

Antenna 40m - End-fed half wave @ 7m maximum height.