Will be operating ON/EI4GXB FROM 19-26 August 2012 on SSB & CW

Please say hello by adding your call sign via the QRZ contact log in the Blue bar above!

I SUPPORT DX CODE OF CONDUCT 1. I will listen, listen and then listen some more 2. I will only call if I can copy the DX station properly 3. I will not trust the cluster and will make sure I have copied the DX callsign 4. I will not interfere with the DX station nor anyone calling him and will never tune up on the DX stations frequency or in the QSX slot 5. I will wait for the DX station to complete a QSO before calling him 6. I will always send my full callsign 7. I will call and then listen for a reasonable interval. I will never call continuously 8. I will not transmit when the DX operator calls another callsign not mine 9. I will not transmit when the DX operator questions a callsign not like mine 10. I will not transmit when the DX operator calls a geographic area not where I am 11. When the DX calls me I will not repeat my callsign unless I think he has copied it incorrectly 12. I will be thankful when I make a contact with the DX 13. I will respect my fellow hams and conduct myself so as to earn their respect Subscriber to the "DX Code of Conduct".Click Here to signup http://dx-code.org/

QSL Via Buro or direct with $2&SAE LOTW User, 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,Limerick Radio Club EI4LRC, AREN (Amateur Radio Emergency Network) , SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network),Southeastern DX Club W4NT Atlanta GA, FISTS # 14814.

LOGSEARCH: Are you in my log?? Search here: http://www.clublog.org/l.php?log=EI4GXB

National Society IRTS Hon. Secretary & Region 4 Representative, , IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS) Ireland Co-Ordinator,http://www.iarums-r1.org/

Hon Secretary Limerick Radio Club & QSL manager for EI0RTS, EI4LRC, EI4TLH, EJ0A. AREN (Amateur Radio Emergency Network) Public Information Officer (PIO) 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. Advanced Radio Theory instructor for Region 4 IRTS.

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 (bought this in kit form & is easy to build.) 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.

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, 40 Foot telescopic/tilt over mast with LFA yagi's for 2M & 6M with HAM IV rotator.

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, CQ WPX 2009, Stew Perry 160M CW QRP 2009, Holy Land DX Contest 2009, Chiltern DX Club HF DX Challenge 2009, SP DX Contest 2010, All Asian DX Contest 2010. Interests: Chasing DX, Contesting

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!)

• DXCC entities worked: As at November 1 2012 - 299
• US States - 50
• US Counties - 859
• Continents - 6
• CQ Zones - 40
• IOTA - 317
• Entities worked on SSB - 291
• Entities worked on CW - 225
• 160M - 42
• 80M - 121
• 40M - 143
• 30M - 99
• 20M - 282
• 17M - 151
• 15M - 230
• 12M - 115
• 10M - 192
• 6M - 66