I have been a interested in radio communication since I was a boy of 15 , as soon as I was driving a car I was into C B radio and this satisfied me for quite a long time . My first radio was on AM at that time long before it was legal in the UK, soon after I had a SSB radio and that was the start of my radio career, I evolved through several radio’s including , Ham International, Colt, Cobra, Lincoln, the list was endless, and then I stumbled upon a Yaesu FT 7B !!!!!! that one really hit the spot and off I went DX morning noon and night. Hear I am now 2E0AWR , I have had a licence about 8 years and still enjoying every moment of it !!! My current radio is a Yaesu FT-2000 for phone and a Yaesu FT-847 that I use for digital modes mainly PSK31 & SSTV and now at the ripe old age of fifty something I am giving back to radio some of my enthusiasm, I am the chairperson and training officer of our local club :- Northwest Amateur Radio Club, have a look at our web site = http://www.northwest-arc.org.uk/ and if you look in the photo gallery The club's second Open evening 29th May 2007 I am the guy next to the Mayor of Wigan cutting the ribbon on the door to our new shack.