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G0VUH ANDY FRANCE 1 Narrow Lane North Anston,Sheffield, S25 4BJ England Lookups:   10622 Ham Member
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QRZ Record: 1141460 Login to manage/edit Lookups: 10622 (3864) Mailing Label... QRZ Admin: G0VUH Last Update: 2009-11-17 02:29:33 Class: A Latitude: 53.354080 (53° 21' 14'' N) Longitude: -1.216811 (1° 13' 0'' W) Grid Square: IO93ji Previous: G7PBD QSL Info: VIA BUREAU OR DIRECT TO CALL ADDRESS, NO E-QSL THANKS,ONLY CARDS QSL by Mail?: No (e.g. Will this ham QSL by Postal Mail?) QSL by eQSL?: No (e.g. Will this ham QSL with eQSL?) Uses LOTW?: No (e.g. Does this ham use ARRL's LOTW ?) Admin For: (1) G0VUH

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I first passed my RAE in July 1993 and got the call G7PBD for use above 30mhz and then in 1995 passed my morse and got the call G0VUH for all bands. I first started out in radio with CB and made many friends all over the world on 11mts since 1982, and then listening in on the Ham bands which I found very interesting so I ventured into Amateur Radio.

Equipment: HF Yaesu FT 2000. HeilGoldline Boom mic HC5. Heil Headset HC5 Ranger 811 Linear Amp 800w Antron A99 Vertical Antenna for 10mts-20mts. Butternut HF-2CV Vertical Antenna 80/40mts with 32 10mt ground planes believe me they took some time laying under my very large lawn! Inverted v Antenna 80/40mts. 

On the new tower just erected is a four halfwave element collinear 20mt array at 12.192mt, length horizontal top section 29.56m and vertical stubs 5.48m still under experiment so reports welcome. 

50MHZ  Yeasu FT 2000 with the Heil Goldline mic HC5 into a five element quad beam by Tonna at 9.144mt high on the mast

144-145Mhz and 433-434Mhz Yeasu FT847 with Yeasu MD100 into the tri-bander V-2000 at 9.0mt high on the mast.

 

 As you can see I just love Vertical antennas, low angle for DX has given me 298 countries the majority on 10mts which is my favorite band. I was born in December 1964 and I work as a Drug and Alcohol Counsellor for the Criminal Justice System.I live with my Wife Caroline born in 1982 who's the Manager of a large merchandise Store in Sheffield. My other hobbies are Bodybuilding,which I've been doing now for 18 years, countrylife and nature,Computors,Going to the movies,and Keeping Lizards,I have two Bearded Dragons native to Australia and I also keep tarantulas and not forgetting of course  mans best friend our English Springer Spaniel dog called Trixie.

Photo above is when I was in Cairo, Egypt in January 2009

Active most days during "E" season around 50.152.0 and 28.470.0

Good DX and hope to work you from my home QTH in North Anston which is a small village about half hour drive from Sheffield,England. Take care now and Godbless. G0VUH SK58 IO93JI 

    Yeasu FT2000 in the shack   

                    

 

 Below is me and my wife Caroline