I am now retired from being an engineer all of my working life. I "re-discovered" amateur radio in 2006, and passed my foundation licence in the same year and became an M3. In April 2008 i passed my intermediate exam and became a 2E0. I enjoy the dxing side of amateur radio, and do a lot of portable operation at various locations in the uk when the opportunity arises. I enjoy exchanging QSL cards, and am now active on PSK radio so maybe we will meet on the "waterfall". My radio is a Yaesu FT897D which i also use portable, my home ariels are a home brew 5 band trap di-pole at about 5 mtrs, and a Watson 2000 tri-bander for VHF. My other hobbies include photography, walking & cycling, and military model making, so i keep pretty busy. I am very pleased to be a member of S.A.D.A.R.S. (Stafford and District Amateur Radio Society) in England, and i can also be heard as MX0SPG while operating portable throughout the uk. From 8/5/2009 i am also DMC 2126, and from 03/07/2009 i am EPC 7857 Thanks for taking the time to look me up, and hope to talk with you sometime on the bands. Best 73's to you all and good DX. See me also at WWW.MX0SPG.co.uk