Biography

Ex-Brit (G1VDS) now a Yank, and living the dream.
New Vanity Call Sign - W8BFO (Whiskey Eight Beat Frequency Oscillator)

Radio, computers and hardware designer... geek before geek was a word.

First to build a Personal Computer (Triton) 8086 CPU circa 1986 - first home computer in my small English town, first to go active and get licensed on UHF (G1VDS).

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FTDX1200 http://www.rigpix.com/yaesu/ftdx1200.htm
Yaesu FT991A http://www.rigpix.com/yaesu/ft991a.htm
Yaesu SCU-17 Optically Isolated Serial Communications Module

New VK3AMP MOSFET Solid state HF Amplifier kit. - https://www.vk-amps.com/

Station Antenna 1 - Hustler 5 Band Trap Vertical Dipole.
Station Antenna 2 - Dual Band J-Pole - VHF / UHF Base Station Antenna.
Station Antenna 3 - 723 Foot Endfed Long wire.

Stand-Alone Software
WSJT - For FT8 and JT65A
https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/wsjt/2594/tree/branches/wsjtx/jt8.txt

VHF/UHF
Motorola P25 - 2500 VHF
Motorola P25 - 2500 UHF

Radioditty QB25 - 100-600 Mhz FM Transceiver
iCOM IC5100 - DV/FM
Yaesu FT991A
Yaesu FT2DR C4FM 144/430 MHz Dual Band Digital https://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=111&encProdID=4A66D869E574453F343581B53E9FAB40&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0

General Coverage
Uniden SDS200
Realistic PRO 2096 Scanner
AOR 1000 Scanner