I was first licenced in 1958 and spent a number of years as ZL4FX in Central Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. In 1974 I operated as ZL5AC in Antarctica and this was followed by four years in the Cook Islands as ZK1DR, (1977 to 1980), and included a DXpedition to the Northern Cooks (ZK1AM) in 1979. The years 1982 to 1986 were spent in Western Samoa as 5W1EJ and 5W5EJ. Current equipment includes a Flex-6500 Software Defined Radio, VL-1000 Amplifier and 4 element Tribander for HF and a TS2000 and an IC910 for VHF/UHF and satellite work. I am active on most bands operating mainly SSB and PSK31. I am interested in many aspects of ham radio - rag chewing, contests, DX etc. and am active on the OSCAR satellites.