Welcome to my Amateur Radio web site.

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Here is a little information about myself.

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Amateur Radio has been part of my life since I was about 10 years old when I found that I could hear radio amateurs using SSB on 40m on my sisters Grundig Transistor Radio – and, using a home-built BFO (Beat Frequency Oscillator) I could hear what they were saying! I then discovered that by de-tuning a MW ‘Transistor Radio’ I could hear the antics of a number of local radio hams on 160m AM (just above Medium Wave). ….I was hooked!!

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In my secondary school days I smuggled a personal Transistor Radio into classes and listened to local amateurs chatting away to each other.. I decided there and then that I too wanted to be like them – whatever it took!!

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I can honestly say I have never looked back. I may not have been particularly academic at school but self studied for the City & Guilds Radio Amateurs Examination (RAE ) which has been one of the most valuable qualifications I ever obtained ….. Throughout my career it has acted as a passport to jobs and opportunities far beyond my wildest dreams.

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There have been times where my Amateur Radio activity has lapsed…. but in the words of the character ‘Terence Mann’ from the renown film ‘Field of Dreams’

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“The one constant through all the years has been baseball”

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In my case:

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“The one constant through all the years has been Amateur Radio”…..
 

Please enjoy my web site!!!