Hi, Welcome to my website which I hope you will find useful and entertaining.
I'm an electronics engineer and licenced radio amateur, however I do wash, I am married, and can be sociable when required !
These pages mainly reflect my interests in Radio communication, but a few other subjects and interests are likely to sneak in, probably whilst I'm being distracted.
Even when very young I was interested in all things electrical
As I got older this interest became more focused
In 1974 I obtained my Amateur Radio Licence which I have now held for 30+ years Manchester 2m NBFM using a Trio 2200G portable tranceiver
Some of the highlights include:-
First operation was with a Pye Ranger on 2m AM - tuning High to Low for contacts
Pause of five years
2m using modified Trio TS700 - mainly FM DX, SSB and Satellite operation
Home built items included:-
4CX250B Amplifier
10 ele IP quad for 2m
Copy of MM 2m to 70cm Transverter
23 cm transvertor using nasty high level 23cm mixer (10w of 384MHz injection)
Much modified IC22A for 2m and 70cm mobile operation
In-car UHF talkthrough and control system using PF1 modules and CMOS logic
Car to home UHF link, remote control of TS-700, RX AGC varying TX power
UHF talkthrough systems in and around Manchester
Other stuff for student events !
South Wales
RTTY and other Data modes using an Acorn Atom
Home built 23cm duplex link to hiltop, including filters and antennas
Remote controlled 2m and 70cm FM base stations and talkthrough systems
2m operation using antennas on top of 750' high tower
Occasional HF operation
Communication monitoring with AOR 2001 and other scanning receivers
Reception of Space Shuttle EVA comms - great letter back from commander & Crew
Wrote various magazine articles
Hampshire
Microwave operation
Satellite reception
Scanning - wrote a popular 'Short Wave Magazine' column for five years
ATV on 23cm,13cm and 3cm
HF operation using IC-7000 & FT-897 mainly on 160, 18, 12, 10 & 6m SSB, PSK, SSTV & ALE
Various antenna experiments including Windoms, Broadband Verticals and Compact Loops
