Station located in Essex, above address is my QSL route

licensed as G0KOM in 1988, operated as ZC4MK from 1989 to 1991 and then as VP8COI in 1993, from 2003 until April of 2009 I have lived in Spain and operated as EA5/G0KOM, I have now returned to the UK

I was the 1st Legal ZC4 on 50Mhz, I achieved 71 Countries and WAC before leaving Cyprus to Return to the UK, not a bad achievement in Cycle 22 as there were few Eu countries QRV at the time, DXCC would have been relatively easy now (as shown by Nick 5B4FL) due to the General release of the Band to most of Europe. 

I was Posted to the Falkland Islands in 1993, unfortunately I had lost interest in Radio at the time but when I arrived I accidentally found the Radio shack that was used very little with a TS-430 and 3 Element Tribander, I went to the Post office and was issued VP8COI, I played around for a few days and was soon hooked again, my biggest disappointment was not having a 50mhz Radio whilst in VP8, I think I could have worked quite a lot of stuff (Oh well that's life)

I have a preference for 6m and 10m in that order but can be found on other bands when 6n10 are dead, I have always had a modest station, I do not have or have ever had HF Yagi antennas at home, most of my HF antennas are homebrew, 6m is the only band where I run a Yagi, I have never owned an amplifier for any band

I currently have no 6m equipment (for the first time in 20 years) but am hoping to remedy that sometime soon, I am currently using a Kenwood TS-570DG with a Huster 6BTV Multiband Vertical antenna which is ground mounted

73 de Adrian

G0KOM---ZC4MK---VP8COI