QSL is okay via the bureau; however some ops like to QSL direct if they haven't worked Scotland before. I'm okay with that and I don't 'charge' for sending my QSL card. BUT I make a lot of dx contacts myself, and so I am always glad to receive US$ or IRCs (we can't buy IRCs in Britain but we can use them at the Post Office - crazy situation!). It's entirely up to you.

Here is my web site and blog, courtesy of Worpdress.

Someone asked me why there was no personal picture here. I said, "Well, QRZ.com isn't a dating service!" Hi Hi. But anyhow, I'll give it a go. Here's one of me as GM4ULS/I3, overlooking the Grand Canal.

I operate on HF, from 60m to 10m, usually with a Yaesu FT847 and an MA5B mini beam 10m above ground for 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, and 10m and a doublet on 60m to 30m. Sometimes I use an old Yaesu FT101ZD on 40m - it's a lovely rig, manufactured in 1981. I'll go where the propagation is, but I love 10m. Here's what the shack looked like until recently. I added a Ten-Tec Jupiter in 2013.

Here's what the shack looks like at the moment.

I can't compete with the kilowatt/monobander operators as things stand, but I sometimes manage to be in the right place at the right time to catch a bit of rare DX. Another recent acquisition is a dedicated 10m rig, the Anytone AT5555-N, made in China. That's it slung under the desk on the left, in both pictures.

With the occasional minor "Yes, but" I support the DX Code of Conduct. I sometimes like to attempt a QSO in French. :)

Please no E-QSL, "wallpaper" only. Thank you.

Other call signs held GM6MEN, GM1GHZ, MM0MHZ.

My other hobby is my BMW R1200S motorbike. I never bothered to learn how to drive a car!

Go here to see photos of all my old bikes.

ATTENTION! WANTED FOR WEB SITE. pictures from 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 of "hard mods", also known as "totters" or "skinheads" (the original skinheads, NOT the later, racist type). Male or female, from the era of Tonik mohair, Harrington jackets, and so on. GM4ULS{at}googlemail.com - no spam, please.

ATTENTION! WANTED FOR WEB SITE. pictures and information regarding WW2 allied personnel working with Tito's Partisans in what was then Yugoslavia. GM4ULS{at}googlemail.com - no spam, please.