Biography

Hello and Welcome,
I am 53 years young as of this posting.
My marital status is: Married

Kids / son Mitchel 18 Years Old / daughter Alicia 20 Years old

Been a ham since November 2002. Mostly SSB.

I have been interested in radio communications since the age of 9. At the age of 42, I studied to get my novice licences.
When I was in my teens I got interested in CB radio. I lost interest in CB radio in my early 30 and sold my equipment.

In 2002 I decided I would try for my Amateur radio licences. I studied on and off for about a year and then I was ready to take the test. Passed my exam in November 2002.

I now operate on HF. I mostly hang out on the 20 and 40 meters bands and like to work DX and contests.

I also enjoy working with computers, especially with the software side, but also the hardware side to some extent. My third biggest hobby is collecting and digging for fossils.

Beeing also a really outdoor person and enjoying life.

Hope to catch you on the air! 73 Gerard.

Check out my website at - http://www.pd2gcm.com

Please visit also my page on www.cqfriends.com (Making and finding Hamradio friends around the globe.)

Life Quote: When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

My equipment consists of HF:

Yaesu FT-920 (Ham shack for SSB)
Kenwood TS-570DG (For portable use)
Alinco DX-70TH (For mobile use)

Base Antenna:

Fritzel FB-23, 2 Elements Beam

Portable Antennas:

Home-made 1/4 wave vertical 40m (For portable use)
Hy End Fed monoband for 20m from PA3EKE (For portable use)
HY End Fed monoband for 10m from PA3EKE (For portable use)

Mobile Antennas:

Diamond HF-10FX (Monoband Mobile Antenna for 10m)
Diamond HF-20FX (Monoband Mobile Antenna for 20m)
Diamond HF-40FX (Monoband Mobile Antenna for 40m)