CQ ZONE: 14    IOTA: EU120    WAB: SZ48    LOCATOR: IO90iq   ITU ZONE: 27

Hi My Name Is Matthew (Matty)

The Isle of Wight is a small island of the south coast of England The Isle of Wight is almost the smallest county in the country. It measures 23 miles from east to west, and 13.5 miles from north to south, giving a total area (including inland water) of 94,146 acres, or 147 square miles. The Island is divided into two boroughs - Medina & South Wight, with Newport as the all-Island capital, although Ryde is the largest town.

My station set up is Yaesu FT-847 Earth Station which covers 160 to 6 meter 100watts SSB, AM, FM, 144Mhz to 430Mhz 50 Watts FM a Yaesu MD 100 Desk Microphone, Vectronics VC300DLP Manual Antenna tuner, Van Gordon Half Size G5RV 52ft which covers 40MHz Thru 10MHz is North to South direction this is about 8 Meters about 24ft from the ground this is my main HF Antenna, For FM I Use A Watson W2000 Base Tribander 2m/6m /70cms. The next radio is an ICOM 706MK1, Rigblaster Plus for SSTV and Digital Modes Hustler 5-Btv ground mounted which covers 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 with radials, Antenna tuner  AT-11MP Autotuner. will be putting up some pictures of this antenna soon. For FM I Use A Diamond X50 Colinear 2m/70cms base antenna, Power Supply is a Watson W-25AM, most of my logging is done via the computer with both radio's using HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe), but still keep the paper log. (you just never know when the computer is going to crash!! so I always keep a backup) thanks for taking the time to browse my webpage 73s and hopefully catch up with you again.

My Callsigns: M3ORQ Passed Foundation August 2006 / 2EØENG Passed Intermediate June 2007

Thanks To The Members Of The Brickfields Amateur Radio Society GX0BAR For the Help And Training In The Foundation Course.
Thanks To The Members of The Isle Of Wight Radio Society G3SKY For the Help And The Training In The Intermediate Course.

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