Biography

I became interested in radio at around the age of 10 when my father introduced me to crystal sets. Shortly after I discovered the plethora of radio receivers, components and other interesting equipment within my fathers garage which soon took refuge in my bedroom to my mother’s horror. Listening to many different radio bands with an old WWII tank receiver and an R1155. Many happy days were spent in my bedroom building various crystal sets and later transistor radios, and add-on extras for my commodor 64. Nursing solder burns to my fingers seemed to be a weekly occurance in my teens. My Father was the wing radio officer for Herts, Beds and Bucks Air Traing Corps, and he spend many hours working on Pye westminsters and Pyephones for the ATC . I helped with designing and building of various antennas for the ATC bands, and still enjoy building antennas today .

Passing my Class B licence in 1999 I pursued VHF and 6M Dxing for around 7 years before the licencing changed and my licence became a full A class. Since then I have been active on most bands. Recently moving to Buckingham onto a Farm, I now enjoy the benefits of lots of space for antennas and a noise floor of nearly zero. I work most bands when open and enjoy Dxing and rag chewing.

Antennas are 200ft longwire with SGC-230 auto tuner for 160m - 10m, double bazooka for 40m, Cobweb 40m - 6m Hustler 5BTV 10-80m , end-fed 80m - 10m, Discone general receive and 2m/70cm, X50 for 2m and 70cm, 5 ele yagi for 2m/70cm and an arrow for satellite work. Currently building and testing Meshed network kit for RAYNET using the AREDN software. Providing Internet,VOIP,V video and other services whilst out in the field or point to point.

WORKED ALL BRITAIN LOG BOOK NO. 22620 WAB SQUARE SP63

Member of Milton Keynes RAYNET

Member of the RSGB and RAFARS 4993

Worked DXCCs: