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Operator - Paul

QTH: Biggar, Scotland

Scotland map with QTH

E-mail: gm0pjd@yahoo.co.uk

QSL via the bureau or direct

I first became licenced with the B-class callsign GM1AYD in September 1983 and gained an A-class licence with the callsign GM0PJD in June 1991. My first radio was a Trio TR-9000 2m multimode radio which I bought second hand. I still use the radio for local 2m FM contacts & for 2m backpacking.

It took me 20 years to graduate to a modern HF rig when I bought a Kenwood TS-2000. This radio covers from top-band to 23cm, & at one time I was proud to say that I had antennas connected for all of its ham bands. The TS2000 really is a shack in a box, & I've never needed another radio in the shack. I've had it now for 15 years & it has served me well!

In 2005 I put up a 12.5m mast topped with a 3-element Cushcraft A3S tri-band beam for 20m/15m/10m. The mast didn't tilt over, so I had to climb it to work on the antenna. And in 2013 I invested in an Ameritron 800w amplifier which was on of the best bits of kit I ever bought for the shack - and it made a great shack heater in winter! I worked the world with this set-up & had some great fun.


Sunrise at QTH

Home QTH

In 2019 I took down the mast & that spelt the end of my HF DXing days - I never did get comfortable with the mast swaying when I was up top. But I kept the top 3m section & used it for supporting an EME dish - & a new chapter began...


Below are photos of me celebrating my 1st 3 EME QSOs on the 21st July 2019 & the 100th unique station off the moon 11 months later. The contacts don't roll in as fast as they did on HF, but I'm gradually working the world again. And any contact off the moon is already fantastic DX!!

Most of my effort is put into EME, but I can often be heard on 2m using a 5.1m colinear or handheld, or on 40m/80m/160m using a trap dipole.


I look forward to having a QSO with you!:-)


My twin sons are also licenced MM6ANA - Aaron & MM6ZMD - Marcus. They don't come on the radio very often - too absorbed in "Minecraft", "Call of Duty" & "FIFA2013"....well that was quite a few years ago, but they're still absorbed in things other than radio!

MM6ANA, MM6ZMD & Reilly the Dog





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