GW0KRL

Hello and welcome to my page.

I first became interested in radio during the CB craze of 1981 and then became more interested in Short Wave Listening after buying an Eddystone EC10 receiver. I was lucky enough to be introduced to Ken Pearce G2BVM (sk) who became my radio elmer and helped me towards preparing for the Radio Amateur Examination which I passed first time in February 1988, receiving my first callsign G7APP which I still have and use occasionally to this day. Then after some on-air CW practise with Alec Littlewood G5LW my CW elmer, I passed the 12wpm morse test in November 1988 and received my current callsign of G0KRL.

Moving forward a few years, my XYL and I relocated from near Cambridge to the Island of Anglesey, North Wales when we both took early retirement. It has taken almost a year since moving home to get a radio-shack organised as there was a great deal of decorating and gardening to do at the new property. Plus, the fact that the room I planned to use had all the packing boxes etc stored in it!

Gradually things are coming together and I now have a 135ft Doublet fed with 450ohm line at 40ft in the trees and this works all bands from 80m to 10m. I also have a Delta-loop up at about 20ft in a tree for 6m. I have now added an aerial for 160m it is a version of the "Far-End Grounded Steeple" by G3BDQ. I had a version of this at my old QTH which worked very well but this is larger and a work in progress. It currently has about 75ft of wire from shack to first tree top, 120ft of wire out to second tree top and 95ft of wire down to a ground stake with radials. The next plan is to connect one of these radials to the nearby wire fence that surrounds my neighbours field!!! Currently I am running an Elecraft K3 and a Yaesu FT-991 and operate predominantly on Digital modes JT65, JT9 and now FT8 with RTTY and CW a close second and SSB occasionally. I also have a Yaesu FT1000d radio and Yaesu FL7000 amplifier which as yet I have not unpacked as I am really enjoying JT65, JT9 and now FT8 running a maximum power of 25 watts on all bands...