This Calllsign belonged to my late Grandfather John Martin.who worked for the MOD During World war II (He was A VI (Voluntary Interceptor) and his family asked me to apply for his Calllsign in his memory. My thanks go to the Head Librarian Mr John Crabbe who without his help this would not have been possible as not much paperwork was available.  My previous callsign was MI3UDX. I feel very privileged to be able to continue my Pops Callsign and look forward to working the bands,   I am a member of the RSGB but Prefer to receive and send Qsls direct if possible.  I Have always been interested in Vintage valve Equipment and Transceivers, and especially the HF Bands on SSB, Both as a SWL and more recently as an Amateur station. My other Hobby is building PCS and modifying them! My QTH is Nearly at sea level not ideal for VHF/UHF Activity Equipment used FT77, TS140, TS130s, FT840,FT290RMKII + Transverter    FT817 Antenna Full Wave G5RV +MFJ ATU. Latest Equipment used Full wave G5RV PLUS. Linear amp 811H Running 300/400watts. Heil HcL4 HC5 Classic pro Desk Mike. NEW Tx FT2000 Carolina Windom MD200 Mike Ameritron 811H Amp New Antenna H-422 Rotary Vee Dipole Ranger 572B Amp  Ps I Have FOUR Children Mark, Keith Nicola &Melissa Hopefully one of them will carry on Their Great Granddads Call!    CQ Zone14  ITUZone 27  EU-115  Grid IO74AN WAB-J36 WAI- 347 Lat: 54d 34m 58s N LONG: 5d 55m58s W

http://gi3sg.piczo.com/?cr=7 QSL ARCHIVE NOW ON THIS WEBPAGE#

http://spaces.msn.com/members/gi3sg/ VARIOUS  PHOTOS

 WAS 51 WORKED Still NEED  NEBRASKA! WAZ= 39 Worked

IOTAS = 207 Worked  DXCC= 169 SO FAR:)!  Also Enjoy Working Different Prefixes/ Lighthouses On the Air. /Summits On The Air/ Castles On the Air And Now Collecting WAC Stateside  /WAB /WAI Anything Radio!  Recently Became a Member OF CDXC Chiltern DX Foundation And Have Got Into contesting as Well!   And Of Course DXING and Ragchewing  When Bands Permit:) 

  BACKGROUND HISTORY OF POP GI3SG

He Began His first use of Radio using A Spark-Gap Generator in the Royal Signals During The 1st world war. He gained His Northern Ireland Experimental Radio licence in 1936.He was involved in receiving Signals and forwarding them on to Bletchley Park For deciphering (The Enigma Code) I recently Received Information That He Worked at A Very Secret DF Location Called Gilnahirk Which Until Recently Could Not Be Divulged ( The 60Year Rule) He survived a Parachute mine hitting the bottom of his street,and moved to another address, and continued transmitting. His shack was entirely self constructed, and had a huge PA rack mainly consisting of 807 type Valves. he had a very novel way of rotating a yagi beam by a system of pinions and cogs turned by hand inside his shack by a car steering wheel! He was very adept at Morse Code And His party piece was To send With either hand! A Red Light Bulb Illuminated Outside his shack Whilst he Was Transmitting Meaning No Admittance unless Invited! My Mother Had relayed This Info to Me She Was Never Invited! I WAS invited Several Times To Listen As A Small Boy In the 1960s! I Had The Privelege of Inviting My Mother Lily To Transmit Under Supervision recently. Another Tradition Was to Invite SWL reports Which I Continue Also Today. Sadly he Passed away on the 13th of April 1976.And is greatly Missed. My uncle John Martin Junior, kindly gave me a collection of POPs old QSL Cards Which I Treasure, They Consist of Old 2 Prefix Calls G4,G3, ECT and I am in the process of archiving them in JPEG Format.( Which I will be happy to share with other fellow Hams.) I will update this site when this is complete. Dear Friends, Please Note I Now have Completed The QSL archive, I thought it more Practical to Burn them onto a Cdrom Which i will gladly send a copy to any radio club or fellow ham if requested.either Email meOr drop Me A Postcard I will be Happy to oblidge PPS! With Now Having Broadband all the cards are now on The hperlinked Website and can be Downloaded! prior to this i was using Dialup Hi!! Re Direct cards please note that any station kind enough to send a Direct QSL Requires NO Postage Or SAEs For return! I also return any cards Direct from Europe/DX By Airmail also! always Glad to receive any SWL Reports and Will Be Returned 100%!! I Have Now finally Got Around to Interfacing the FT840 to My Computer!! Now QRV on BPSK 31.....SEE YOU ON MY WATERFALL!!

           CUAGN SN OM DE MARTIN GI3SG 73s To YOU AND YOUR FAMILY    Martin GI3SG

IN MEMORY OF JOHN MARTIN (POP) GI3SG