I started out with the Foundation call M3JRQ and also held 2E0JRQ before M0JRQ. My daughter, Laura now has M3JRQ. (I also hold G5VZ, originally the call of Bill Birchall who was a mentor and Elmer many years ago back in Northfleet.)

Interests are working CW and antenna experimentation on the lower HF bands and VHF - base, mobile and portable. (Eighty metres is very noisy here!) I got a five megs NoV in summer 2006, so there's an odd outing on 60m, and - since March 2007 - I've also been on 30m a fair bit.

I am a keen outdoors operator - plenty of /P operations although I haven't done so many SOTA activations since Spring 2007. A member of the G-QRP Club (number 11904) I am also a member of FISTS CW Club, 12540 and RAOTA, 2120. I'm a member of the Pontefract radio club (www.pdars.com) and assist with Pontefract Junior Radio Club, mostly as a training course tutor.

100% QSL direct or via the bureau. Reports from SWLs always appreciated.