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QSL Via Buro or direct with $2&SAE LOTW User,also qrv on EQSL .. QSL cards especially welcome from SWL's ( I was one for 30 years HI) Member of IRTS, RSGB, ARRL, NCDXF (Northern Calfornia DX Foundation), Chiltern DX Club CDXC, North American QRP CW Club

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http://www.clublog.org/l.php?log=EI4GXB

National Society IRTS Region 4 Representative, EI7 QSL Manager, IRTS Committee Member, IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS) Ireland Co-Ordinator,http://www.iarums-r1.org/ IRTS 80m News Reader on 3.650 Sundays & 145.725 Limerick Repeater on Monday Nights 20.00Z. Limerick Radio Club Committee member, Awarded IRTS Presidents Cup in 2009

WAZ, DXCC(all LOTW) WEIC (Worked all EI Counties)

WKG CONDX: UPDATE 28 Jan 2009, just taken delivery of a new Yaesu FT2000 & SP2000, this will be the main station rig, the Yaesu FT-897D will be used for /P work during the summer,Cushcraft A3S Tribander @50 feet, Alpha SPID Rotator, Various Inverted Vee's, 250 Foot Longwire for RX, Full Size Carolina Windom 160 @ 45 feet,ADDED XMAS 2008: Butternut HF-2V Vertical for 40&80M DX work with ground radials, Ameritron RCS-10 Remote antenna switch, MFJ 993B Tuner, Yaesu MD101 Mic, 2 X Alinco DM330MW 30A PSU, RigBlaster Pro, Heil Proset HC-4,bhi NES10-2 MkII, Yaesu VX-2R, Yaesu FT 7800R installed in my SUV, Kenwood TM-D700 & Garmin StreetPilot III GPS for APRS, Yaesu VX7R for rugged work! Diamond V2000 6M/2M/70CM,Watson 300 2M/70CM Vertical, HamRadio Deluxe, N3FJP Logging Software, Kent Twin Paddle Key for CW.  Host for EI2TAG IRLP Node 5159 in conjunction with Limerick Radio Club.

Array Solutions AIM 4170C Antenna Analyzer, bought this at Friedrichshafen 2009 after a great demo by Jay WX0B, so hoping to experiment with some new antennae in the coming months.

Just added the AirNav Radarbox to add  to my list of toys that the XYL thinks has been in the shack forever HI!

Added yet another Array Solutions product to the shack (11 Sept 09)..the PowerMaster with 3KW HF Coupler which gives a real picture of what RF is going into the ether! Very accurate and well built, becoming a real fan of this company.

QRV on 4M with Philips FM1000 and home brew beam, also put a homebrew 6M beam at the gable end of the house on 5meter pole with Yaesu G250 rotator.

Davis Weather Wizard III. All contacts made with <100 Watts.. NO QRO. Managing Director of Hamsoft Communications since 1989.  I am married to Maresa since 1994 and have 2 daughters, Caoimhe (10) and Aoibhinn(7) 2 old Irish names.2 dogs Jack & Ruby King Charles Cavalier Spaniels, Handicap Secretary of Clonlara Golf Club.Me and my Dad Pat,EI9CB pictured above, who sadly passed away 19 August 2008, I will miss him dearly... , I also collect Radio Club badges, so if you have any I would be glad to receive them.Currently re-building a vintage Collins 75S-1 receiver for my winter project. Member of Limerick Radio Club EI4LRC. Member of AREN (Amateur Radio Emergency Network) Member SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network)Member of Southeastern DX Club W4NT Atlanta GA. DXCC attained all LOTW,

1st place  EI station in the following contests: Single Op, Low Power, Phone 2007 IARU HF World Championship , CQ WPX 2008, ARRL International DX Contest 2008. CQWW SSB 2008, IOTA Contest 2009, ARRL RTTY Roundup 2009.  Interests: Chasing DX, Contesting

ACTIVATIONS: /EA6 IN MAY 2008,  /W2 IN JULY 2008, EI75IRTS 75th Anniversary of the IRTS Sept 2007, EI0RTS for World Amateur Radio Day April 2009, EI4LRC Limerick Radio Club Callsign for International Marconi Day April 2009

In April 2009 I gave a presentation to the members of Limerick Radio Club on APRS, a copy of my powerpoint presentation is available here http://homepage.eircom.net/~ei4lrc/

I WILL BE IN FRIEDRICHSHAFEN FROM 26-28 JUNE, AT THE IRTS STAND AND WILL VISIT THE IARUMS CONFERENCE ALSO, PLEASE SAY HELLO IF YOU SEE ME (MY CALLSIGN WILL BE IN BIG GREEN LETTERS HI!)