Biography

I was born in a city called Bloemfontein and moved to Pretoria as a young boy. I went to a technical school in Pretoria and after school received a bursary to study Electronic Engineering from the CSIR. I started working in the field of analogue electronics and quickly started specializing in sonar systems used typically onboard naval vessels.

I spend lots of time in my radio shack developing, building and using electronic projects for the amateur radio hobby. Although I have practised nearly all facets of amateur radio since receiving my license in 1982, my current amateur radio focus is on the digital modes and satellite radio. I am responsible for the maintenance of 4 digital-voice repeaters and 2 digital-voice reflector servers in Pretoria.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FT-450D (HF & 6m), Yaesu FT8900R (10m - 70cm), Motorola CM-360 (4m), Icom IC-9700 (VHF - SHF), Hytera MD-785 (DMR), ICOM-4100E (D-Star), AD Pluto SDR (QO-100), SDRPlay RSP-1A (Receive), Yaesu VX-7R (6m - UHF), Yaesu FT-170 (2m), Vertex EVX-354 (DMR), Icom ID-31E (D-Star), Lots of antenna's and rotators.