Short Biography

My interest in radio and Amateur Radio began at the age of 13 using various radios including a Ex.Army No.19 set which I modified and used to swl on 160M, 80M and 40M with simple long wire antenna.. Later I built transistor superhet and double superhet receivers and listened to all Amateur bands up to and including 10M with simple long wire antennas. I was first licenced in 1979 with the call G8TGM.

With 2M Dxing as the focus of my activity, I used Band 1 TV to help identify possible ES opening. 6M became an interest although at the time there wasn't a 6M allocation in the UK. I quite often heard ZB and 5B 6M beacons during the summer months. In 1985 I successfully passed my 12 WPM Morse test and became G0CHE.

After a 15 year break I became qrv again in June 2002 and band of choice was 6M which is the primary band used here in IO90PS. I am qrv also on 4M and sometimes on 2M with vertical antenna. HF operation is limited from this QTH, using just a small multiband vertical. My favourite mode on the HF bands is RTTY.

My current radio for 6M is an IC 7000 and on 4M I use an Icom IC-756 PRO plus Spectrum Communications Transverter TRC10-4sL and Microwave Modules 4M PA. Since 28 June 2010 my 6M antenna is a 6M6LFA designed by G0KSC and on 4M since 12 May 2012, a 4M5LFA also designed by G0KSC.

One of my interests is using JT6M on 6M and FSK mode on 4M via meteor scatter or other propagation modes. QSO's can take place at almost any time regardless of solar cycle position or the absence of E skip. Visit www.jt6m.org to learn more.....Why not give it a try ?