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These are the pages written by John, G3WZT.

Presented here is a short overview of myself, where I live, my interests and activity in the field of Amateur Radio. The page content might be considered a little "self indulgent" for which I make no apology! The original idea was to be an exercise in putting together a few pages on Amateur Radio. In this respect I have learned a great deal. I hope you find something of interest.

Shown above is a panorama of the river Adur and St. George's Parish Church at West Grinstead. The church dates back before the reign of King John, around 1100AD. It cannot claim to be one of the most beautiful old buildings as it has been "vandalised" by a cement rendering in relatively recent times. It does however have a very long and interesting history. Shown above is a small tributary of the River Adur,it is one of several feeding the main flow that enters the sea at Shoreham by Sea. West Grinstead is the Parish (village) where I live and operate my Amateur Radio Station, G3WZT.

More detailed history on the Parish of West Grinstead, it's ancient church and the surrounding area can be found on the Sussex Coast Web pages.

On the subject of QSL cards, many are now sent electronically. One system is that provided by "eQSL". Logs can be uploaded to their site in ADIF format. QSL cards are then generated automatically for each QSO in the log file. At the time of writing, not many organisations recognise this form of QSL card for awards, this includes the ARRL for DXCC. Hopefully this will change in time, but seems unlikely at the current time. If you would like to know if any stations worked by yourself have sent you an "eQSL", just type your callsign in the box provided below to see what cards you have waiting.

I have held my Amateur Radio Licence G3WZT since November 1967 and have been active on most HF and VHF bands since that time. My favoured mode of operation is CW although I also do a fair amount of SSB working.

The main bands of interest are VHF, with a recent bias towards 6M when the current Solar cycle was at it's best. Those days are now unfortunately gone and my interest in the 144MHz band has been renewed. I have an interest in all modes of propagation, in particular Es, Auroral, MS and EME. I am also QRV on 432MHz, but activity on this band has been neglected lately.

I am also very active during the Winter months  operating on 80M CW. The main interest here is US County chasing, but only on 80M CW! If you would like to look at my 80 Metre CW Logs for the past 4 years then click HERE to see the text file log. Entries are currently shown up to February 2008. To find your call, use the Explorer search facility, EDIT > FIND (CTRL+F). Click on the explorer "back" arrow to return to this page.

Likewise, if you would like to see whether we have worked on the VHF bands, look HERE to see my VHF Log entries for the past 5 Years. Currently, entries are shown up to June 2007. To find your call, use the Explorer search facility, EDIT > FIND (CTRL+F). Click the explorer "back" arrow to return to this page.

Contest operating is not high on the agenda these days although in the past I was very active in VHF NFD as a member of the Horsham Amateur Radio Club. These days contest operating is limited mainly to operating CW, SSB and Data in the RSGB 80M Club Championships. These take place every month between January and July on the 80M band and are held in the evenings for one and a half hours. It is a club team contest with no limit on the number of entries. In the true spirit of the contest it is a team effort. Results are published on an individual and club basis every month.

Other activities include Radio Direction Finding, or "Fox Hunting" this is a regular activity organised by the Horsham Amateur Radio Club which I and my XYL, Jan normally take part in. These events normally take place on 144MHz FM with the hidden station (the Fox) transmitting for 2 minutes in every 10. The hidden station can be up to 15 Miles away from the start point. The event is concluded with a few beers at a pub close to the Fox's Lair. Visit the "Fox Hunting" page for some more information and a few photo's.

VHF ANTENNA's

The "Versatower" showing the VHF antenna installation

VHF EQUIPMENT
Antenna's for VHF:

2 x 12 Element M squared, bayed, on 144MHz. 19 Element Vargarda on 432 MHz:

On the 50MHz band, a 7 Element Msquared.

THE 80M ANTENNA
The current Antenna system in use here on 80M is a 3 Element,in line, phased vertical array:

I can be reached via my Email address at... g3wzt(at)qsl.net

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