M0TRT

Hi, I'm Ian Renton, M0TRT (formerly 2E0UXV and M7BGT).

I love to exchange QSL cards!

• 1st preference: via bureau. I will reply to all cards received, or you can request a card via email or via ClubLog OQRS.
• 2nd preference: direct. Please email me for my full postal address if you'd like to send me a card. I reply to all cards received, or you can request one via email or ClubLog OQRS. There is no need to pay/enclose money or SAE. I will post you a card for free!
• I confirm all QSOs via LOTW, eQSL, Clublog & QRZ.com.

I discovered the hobby though some of my previous radio-related projects, primarily using AIS, ADS-B and APRS packet data for tracking. I got my Foundation licence during Covid lockdown, then went for Intermediate and Full in the following years to expand the list of interesting things I can do!

At home I usually work HF SSB, primarily chasing portable or special event stations rather than having long ragchews. I have a high level of QRM there so I also use weak signal digital modes and can often be found passing the time on 40m/20m/10m JS8 and FT8. Equipment there for HF is a Yaesu FT-840 transceiver and auto tuner,  with a 9:1 unun and 13m of "random wire" strung down my small garden at about 3m high. For VHF/UHF I have a Yaesu FT-7800 and Diamond X-50 antenna.

Outside of home I am a regular activator for POTA, WWFF, SOTA, UKBOTA etc. when time allows. Equipment for outdoors is a Yaesu FT-891, Xiegu X600 and Kenwood TH-D74, with antenna options including Sotabeams Band Hopper II inverted V dipole, home-made dipole, JPC-12 vertical and VHF/UHF Yagi.

I volunteer with the Scouts and very much enjoyed doing Jamboree on the Air for the first time in 2024, hopefully many more to come.

Outside of the ham bands, I also use radio systems professionally, both for data and for marine VHF voice communication. I try my best not to say the wrong things on the wrong service!

You can read about my radio experiences, along with my other hardware and software projects, at ianrenton.com.

(Photos: Left (1): My first POTA/SOTA activation at Win Green, (2) POTA activation of Canford Heath, Dec 2024. Below (1): Shack with screens showing FT8, (2) Antennas on my house)

See you on the air!