QTH currently is Forest Lake, Brisbane, Queensland.

Married to Jessica (Taiwanese born) and have 2 daughters, oldest aged 9 and the youngest 4. I am 40 and an Australian CUSTOMS Officer based at Waterfront Operations Brisbane. I was born in Dane End (nr Ware), Hertfordshire, England and moved to Australia in 1973.

My amateur interests are DXing & Contesting. Favourite bands are the higher HF bands. I was first licenced in Feb 2004 (VK4HLP).

Equipment: Yaesu FT-950, FT-920, VX-2R; and ICOM IC-706MKIIG

HF Antennas: SteppIR BigIR MKIII vertical with 80m loading coil; Comet H-422 Rotary Dipole for 40-10; 12.5m (Trailer Mounted) One Man Tower & OzSpid RAK Rotator.

VHF/UHF Antennas: Diamond X200A vertical.

I only run 'barefoot', no amp. Logging software from N3FJP and N1MM. Array Solutions Powermasters; Dunestar 600 Automatic Bandpass Filters; Heil ProSet Plus Headsets and Heil Traveler Dual Side Headset, Top Ten DX Doubler and Automatic Band Decoders.

As of 01 Oct 2007 I am no longer the OUTWARDS VK4 QSL Manager. The role is nowthat of the WIA National Outwards QSL Bureau located at the Westlakes Amateur Radio Club. All cards now to be sent to PO Box 3073, Teralba, NSW 2284.

For my contacts -- Pls QSL to the VK4 Bureau or direct to the address above. No cash, IRC's or green stamps required. I send QSL cards to all HF contacts (including contest QSO's.) Cards are sent via GlobalQSL. The majority of my cards will be sent to your bureau unless I need your card for DXCC urgently or you have asked me to send direct. I also EQSL but no LOTW (as yet).

ITU Zone: 55, Region: 3, CQ Zone: 30, Grid Square: QG62me.