Biography

Hi there fellow ham, thanks for looking me up on qrzcq.com...I was a novice then full call ham from 1977 till 1981 using the call signs of VK2NFI and then VK2DDH.Then I became inactive Ham wise till November 2015 when I got the call VK2SPB.A lot has changed in Amateur radio in the mean time !.Back then there was only AM,FM,SSB ,CW and RTTY !.I like to explore the digital modes and can mainly be found on FT8 on 40 M and 20 M.I'm also active on Dstar and echolink and JS8.I have had QSO's on the FM satellites but find it a bit of a hassle setting up my 2M/70Cm yagi on a tripod outside for each pass....My antenna for HF consists of an Inverted Vee for 20M up about 30 feet at the apex and another Inverted Vee for 40M up about 26 feet at its apex.I use 7 turns of coax wound around a 2 Litre softdrink bottle for the 20M RF choke.The lower 40 M antenna has a 1:1 balun at its feedpoint.The antennas can be seen in the picture below....I love to collect QSL cards.If you would like to QSL me don't bother sending greenbacks or IRC's,I will pay for return postage.My pleasure.Alternatively you can use OQRS but it will cost 2USD.....I use Clublog, eQSL and LoTW.I upload to LoTW after about every tenth QSO...If we have had a QSO,thank-you and I look forward to our next contact.Thanks for taking the time to check out my qrzcq page.73.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

HF rig: IC7300
Dstar rig: ID51A plus 2
2M FM rig: Baofeng GT3, UV5R
40M CW QRP transceiver:Cub 40
Tecsun PL660 Receiver



Computer: 17.5 inch Acer laptop. Brother printer.


Antennas:TEV-1 8.5 Metre vertical with 4:1 Unun and MFJ-901B tuner...Antenna is non resonant hence requiring the UnUn and tuner...Will cover all HF bands except 80M and 160M.