Hi, I'm Graeme (Grae) G0WCZ.   Licensed ham since 1981 in Australia, New Zealand and UK.  A couple of long gaps away from the hobby in there :-)

I'm based in Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom in IO90wu.

I blog at de G0WCZ.

Interests

• Summits on the Air (SOTA), mostly in South-East England
• QRP & making equipment
• HF QSOs, but not a big contester.
• Improving my CW.  Goal: 25wpm rag chew. Ha.  Currently patchy <18wpm.
• VHF/UHF digital, D-star, DMR, Fusion etc.
• Satellites

Blog

Equipment

HF Base

• Icom IC-7300 and IC-7200
• LDG IT-100 and Yaesu FC-902 Tuner feeding a homebrew 40m off-centre fed dipole with 4:1 balun

 

 

 

Home shack hiding under the TV

Portable HF  and SOTA Station

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  Yaesu FT-817ND (5W)
• LNR MTR3b Mountaintopper
• Funkamateur DYC-8x7 2.0 Dynamic Compressor 
• Sotabeams Adventure Tuner
• Sotabeams End-fed for 40m-10m
• ATX Walkabout Portable Antenna (80m-6m)
• Camden Boss VRLA 12v 5AH SLAB
• Palm Pico Paddle

Portable Handies VHF/UHF

• Yaesu FT-60E
• Yaesu FT-1XDE
• Retevis DMR RT-3
• Icom ID-51e plus

Callsign History 

I've moved around a bit.  Got my original tech ticket in Australia, then spent a year in New Zealand doing CW, so upgraded.  A few years in the US and then finally pretty much settled in the UK.

1981: VK6ZGK (Australian, limited)
1982: ZL2UFI (New Zealand, grade III)
1982: ZL2BDJ (New Zealand, grade II) 
1983: VK6AGS (Australian Full)

1995 to now: G0WCZ

Clubs

GQRP:  15139
FISTS (Europe): 17648
SKCC: 16864
LIDS: 123
ECWARC (Essex CW Club): 403