About me
Thanks for taking the time to stop by, Firstly a little History,
Hello and welcome,
My name is Steve M0MVB my qth is the Middle of the Cambridgeshire fens Locator JO02bm,
I am fortunate to own a small farm in a very rural location our nearest neighbors are over a mile away, So antennas are not a problem
I was a swl for many many years, going way back to the 1980's before finally taking the Foundation exam in Feb 06 upgrade to the intermediate licence in June 08, and passed the Advanced in Feb 2010 (previous call's were M3MVB and 2E0MVB) Thanks to John G0GKP, Dave G8JKV and Mike G8VCN and all at the Cambridge and district ARC for their time, patience and dedication,
Im a active member of the Cambridge Repeater Group, and of the Camb-hams which is the social side of the CRG, (beer drinkers) hi hi
I am Active on all Bands inc VHF/UHF main interest is on 40/20/17/15 meters digi modes,
My Radios are a Kenwood TS-570D, A Yaesu FT897D, A Yaesu FT-857D also a old Yaesu FT200 thats still a work in progress
Antennas are a 2mtr/70cm colinner for local v/uhf, and 9ele tonna for 2 meters
For HF I usually use a Hy-Gain LP1010 14 element log periodic, theres also a G5RV 80 to 10 Mts dipole, a Long wire thats way to long at 500 Meters, It tunes well from top band (160 Meters) through to 6 Meters (50MHz) without a ATU with a max SWR of 1.7.1,
Some Arno EH compact vertical's on 40 and 20Mtr's
Also a Buddipole for portable, I really enjoy the digimodes mainly bpsk 31/63 on 40/30/20/17/15 Mts also like a good rag chew when conditions permit,
Im also active mobile on HF and V/UHF with a FT857 and a ATAS 120a 40mtrs-70cms, Also a Yaesu FT 817 5 watts qrp rig top band to 70 cms, with a Wonder Wand for when out and about,
I collect QSl cards, please use e-qsl.ccwhere possible as im trying for the DX 100 award, or via the Bureau or direct to above address if you send me a card i will send you one back 100% at no charge none of this wont send without irc's, if i recieve 1 ill send you 1 back and i ask the same in return,
Great Quote: "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat." - Albert Einstein
