Hi all. Rick VE1GN, I’m not active right now but may be again in the future, who knows I was very active as a dxer and contester cw only. When I first started out I worked at VAR Saint John Coast Guard Radio but then moved over to the air traffic side of things. Talking to planes all day l didn’t feel much like being on a mike for my hobby so cw only for me. We also did the wx observing and briefing and I can’t seem to get that part out of my blood. I had a 6 element beam for 40 through 10 meters up 80 feet, Icom 756 and a legal limit amp. Oh yeah, and some friends who liked climbing towers I sure didn’t, my knees start knocking at about 5 feet.
Hello, i’m EA5ZF, Xavi in Spain
At this time only active in VHF and UHF, HF only used in RX, main EME antennas are down, now only small yagis os verticals.
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Hi I’m Paul, live in Hertfordshire, currently active as M6SOE (since 2010 although ex bleep B2 Radio Tele Op and B2 Signaller, been messing about with radios since 1980’ish
G’day guys, I finally took the steps to become an Amateur Radio Operator around 18 months ago.
The story is that I first got interested when I was around 16 years old back in the old CB days, and discovered a neighbour who was a Ham. Back in those days there was the morse code requirements to get a licence, and I never had the interest in learning morse, so never got any further than the interest.
A couple of years back I heard that the morse requirement was dropped, which then got me interested enough to go out and get my Foundation licence. Within the next 12 months I upgraded to my Advanced Licence (full call), so now I am VK4BLP.
As you know, I’m down in the South East corner of Queensland, which on a map is just north of the most easterly point of Australia.
Hi all - my call is G6NHK, but I’ve been inactive for at least 10 years because of work pressures etc. When I was active, I was heavily involved with packet radio, and I ran packet nodes on 70cms, 2m and 4m from my home in N Cambridgeshire.
However, I’m back on the air again now, and guess what ? I’ve just discovered APRS, which shows the GPS position of stations, and also allows for the transmission of weather information !
My call is NA5AA and my QTH is in Granbury Texas. I’m active all most bands except for 160 and 6 meters and enjoy all the various digital modes like JT65, PSK31, RTTY, SSTV, and D-Star.
I have my own ICOM D-Star 440 repeater (W5HCT), as well a DV-Dongle, DVAP, IC-9100, 92AD and ID-31. I also have a Flex 3000 that I use exclusively for JT65, PSK, RTTY, SSTV. My antennas are a GAP Titan-DX vertical and a inverted V wire antenna up about 40 feet.
Inactive, due to the feeling that Ham is a bit dead. Loved my 10w, even getting from SE England to Montenegro! on HF, but sold my gear, my PC/“Toy” room has no outside wall so cabling has always been a problem in this house too