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G3XBI

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Peter E Boast

West Huntspill
England, SOMERSET

EU
england
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Call data

Last update:2023-01-22 21:49:54
QTH:nr Burnham on Sea
Continent:EU
Premium:YES
Views:2860
Main prefix:G
Class:Full
Federal state:SOMERSET
Latitude:51.2115380
Longitude:-2.9848252
Locator:IO81MF
DXCC Zone:223
ITU Zone:27
CQ Zone:14

QSL data

Last update:2020-07-08 20:33:17
eQSL QSL:YES
Bureau QSL:YES
Direct QSL:no
LoTW QSL:no
Extra QSL Info:TKS for QSL

Biography

CW SKIMMER - RBN Network normally operational on 18Mhz during Daylight hours (GMT) and 3.5Mhz at Night. RX SDR Play RSP2 Connected to Quarter Wave Vertical's for either band.
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Thank you for looking up my call.

Got my C/S G3XBI in 1967, A.M. was still fairly popular !
& soon afterward my professional Full UK Marine Radio Officer Licence, followed by Panama and Liberian Licences. (Scroll to see image & bottom )

I served continuously as a seagoing Radio Officer from 1968 to 1980, mainly on Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) usually Norwegian registered vessels - Vesthav/Osthav and Sydhav also bulk carriers, North sea diving vessels and Oil Rigs & deep sea Trawlers.

1980 came ashore to work at PortisheadRadio/GKA HF ship to shore/air to ground and point to point station until closure in 1999, Since then I have worked on Trunked Radio “TETRA” PMR Radio systems.


Enjoy working on HF mainly on the key but also all Digital systems.


Interests : - travelling - mainly in North America, had the pleasure of visiting all US States and all but one Canadian province. Try to encompass Baseball games, favourite venues Oracle Park and Historic Fenway Park where I was lucky enough to see the Red Sox 100th game win in a season, the first time since 1946 !

Equipment

My Equipment is a mix of Racal Receivers and mainly homebrew transmitters (100)W

Aerials are various wire types.

Inverted L for Top band and 5 Mhz, Vertical for 80 and 30M, EFHW for 40.
Delta loop for 20M. 2 element Yagi for 6M, find useful an “Adjustiwave “ continuously variable vertical.

Other images

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G3XBI / Needed for Liberian Flag Vessels.
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G3XBI / NMN Close Down transmission.
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G3XBI / Sparks the Station Cat - he was on the payroll !
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G3XBI / Unbelievable Tour/reception at WCC Radio station museum/Mass
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G3XBI / Only Ship's I now like - Queen Mary LongBeach Ca 0300 hrs !
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G3XBI / Somerton/GKA receiver site. incoming feeds from full size Rhombics
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G3XBI / Full size Rhombics for every 5 degrees of Arc 4 - 22 Mhz.
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G3XBI / Keeping an eye on the 300+ Racal 1792 Receivers. (GKA)
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G3XBI / Automatic HF Radio Telex system (ARQ/SITOR) (GKE)
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G3XBI / Catching at Fenway Park
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G3XBI / GKA Key - Sent over 30 Thousand Telegrams (QTC's) with this key, then changed to a Paddle. Still in use at times !
  

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