Biography

I wrote my exam in 1988 and my first call-sign was ZR5ACC and after doing my Morse Code test,I became ZS1RM.
I then moved to Botswana and where I got my A22RM call-sign.
It was here where I got my first opportunity to work a "pile-up".
I will never forget that feeling,when you hear so many stations calling you at the same time. I always tried to work as many stations as I could, when I got that opening.
One of the Radio Hams from the USA even offered to be my QSL Manager.
At the moment
I got my Base station in Kuilsriver near Cape Town.
I prefer to receive all my QSL cards direct.

Equipment

Icom 9100
Icom 7600
Icom 706 Mark IIG
Kenwood TS 870SAT
Kenwood TS 850SAT
Yaesu FT 1000 D
Kenwood TL922 Linear amplifier
Icom IC2KL Linear amplifier with AT500 automatic tuner
Antennas: Force 12 C4-XL (9 element beam with 2-elements for 40 meters)
KLM KT34XA (6 ELEMENT BEAM for 20,15 and 10 meters )
Microphones: Heil PR40 Studio mike (2)
Heil Proset Elite HC-6 Headset
Heil Proset Elite - IC Headset
Heil Pro 7 HC-7 - Headset
Heil GM5 Gold-line HC-5 INSERT
Icom SM-20 Desk mike
Heil ICM Desk mike
Yaesu MD-200 Desk mike
LP-IOOA Digital SWR & POWER

TUNERS:
Dentron MC3000A
Drake MN-2000
LDG 7000- mobile tuner
MFJ 945-E mobile tuner
W2IHY 8 Band Equaliser and Noise Gate(2)
W2IHY EQ - Plus