-----G3YXM

The site is being re-worked at present, it'll all be back soon!

I was first licenced as G8CTM in August 1969 and was active on 2m AM until I eventually managed to pass the Morse test. In November '69 I finally got my "class A" licence and have been on topband ever since. I was mobile on 160 when you still needed a separate licence! At home in Birmingham I use a 75m wire 18Mtrs high for 160 and LF - and an Off-Centre-Fed Dipole for 80 to 10m. I also have 4m/2m/70cm verticals and a 2m beam. When operating from my place in Scotland I use a dipole at 20Mtrs high or a HexBeam plus anything else I bother to string-up whilst I'm there.

I got going on LF in 1998 when 136kHz came into being and have been operational on there ever since. When 472kHz started I got going on there too. For the last 21 years (!) I have been writing the LF column in the RSGB RadCom magazine.

I have too many radios, including a Yaesu FT-710, Icom IC-7610, TS-2000 etc and some old stuff such as an Atlas 350XL, Atlas 215X, Atlas 180, Icom 735, Elad FDM-Duo, a lovely Kenwood TS-850 and there's a TS480HX in the car. Oh, I forgot the Alinco DX70, the JST135 and the FT817, and probably some others too... I have recently set up an OpenWebRX SDR using an Airspy HF+ which seems pretty good..

Most recent experiments have been with a small magnetic loop for the car which I hope to write-up soon.

There are several things here that may interest you; a design for a 500 Watt Mosfet PA for 160-40M, loads of info if you fancy mobile or remote operation, an easy loop aerial for small gardens and a few simple circuits. On this page you'll find some links to other radio related sites, there are specialist LF links on the 136 pages. To navigate around this site, follow the links on the left or try the super-duper Site Map.

some links..

• The "LF Forum" Presentation with G0MRF from the 2018 RSGB Convention.

  Or just the links at the end.
  

• What's going on on 1942? See here...

• Or listen on the Derby SDR

• All about the Atlas transceivers (by me). Lots of manuals and mod sheets for the 110, 180, 210, 215 and 350 radios.

• Wythall Radio Club, my local.

• Due to the massive amount of spam I get the mail address below appears as an image so the robots can't read it, but you can!

• Mail me at:

• Want to see a picture of the shack? A serious contender for "Shambolic Shack of the Year"!