Welcome to my basic website created during a lengthy spell off work - feel free to browse, comment, criticise - it's all good!
New antenna added!!!!
Hello and welcome to the pages of G0SLQ - first licenced as G7KBQ in July 1991. Location is the tiny village of Springwell in the town of Gateshead, but very near the town of Washington in County Durham. Washington being the ancestral home of ol' George Washington himself - American President and unlike Mr Clinton, famed for NOT telling untruths - Sort of midway between the cities of Sunderland and Newcastle for anyone not knowing the area. Have been interested in radio since the pioneering days of illegal AM Citizens Band Radio in 1980, and also had an interest in Short Wave Listening (SWL) Scanning, and indeed anything that can be listened to - legitimately or otherwise!
My current equipment is listed below, but I tend to like adding to it all the time - so it may well be out of date quite often lol. I tend not to sell stuff though as I always live to regret it. Nowadays seem to listen a lot more than talk - this may be changing though with the purchase of new mobile and portable equipment - So listen out for G0SLQ/P from the Durham hills.
Current Radios for HF
Icom IC7400 - Kenwood TS480HX - Yaesu FT857 - Kenwood TS430S - Alinco DX77 - Yaesu FT840 - Yaesu FT817.
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Current Radios for VHF/UHF
Yaesu V3E - (2m/70cm) Yaesu FT7800 (2m/70cm) - Kenwood THF7E(2m/70cm) - Kenwood TH215E x2.
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Current "Listening Radios"
Kenwood R-2000 (HF c/w VHF Converter) - Uniden Bearcat BCT-15 - Uniden Bearcat UBC785XLT - Yupiteru MVT7100.
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Current Antennas
Sandpiper HV6+3 (9 Band Vertical) - Buddipole de-luxe kit - Half-wave vertical (10m) - G5RV - 7ele ZL Special (2m) - 13 Element Yagi (70cm) - Diamond X-50 (dualband co-linear) - Slim Jim (2m) - Discone antenna - and too many mobile antennas to list inc. Pro Ams for 6m, 10, 15, 20, 40 & 80m as well as a 2m/70cm dual bander - 2x 45mLongwire listening Antennas - Nomad "Active" scanning antenna.
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Other Items of Note
MFJ 993b Auto ATU - MFJ 259B Antenna Analyser - BHI NES10-2 DSP Noise Eliminator Speaker. MFJ 902 Travel Tuner (manual)
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Other Radios
Ranger RCI 2950DX (24-32 mhz 10/12m SSB) - Maycom EM-27 80ch 11m UK FM - 2x Uniden 885 -446mhz PMR
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