Scottish Amateur Radio Station

GM0JHE

CQ ZONE 14ITU ZONE 27
IO75UV

Station information

GM0JHE was licensed in March 1988 and is operated by Karen Hunter. The station is located in Glasgow and has the capability of transmitting on the following bands:

BAND	MODE	EQUIPMENT	MAXIMUM POWER	ANTENNA
2m	SSB, CW, FM	Yaesu FT290R/Daiwa LA-2035R amplifier	30W	HB9CV (indoor).
6m	SSB, CW, FM	Yaesu FT690R	2.5W	Telescopic whip.
10m	SSB, CW	Icom IC707	25W	Half-wave dipole (indoor).
15m	SSB, CW	Icom IC707	25W	Half-wave dipole (indoor).
20m	SSB, CW	Icom IC707	25W	Half-wave dipole (indoor).
40m	SSB, CW	Icom IC707	25W	Half-wave dipole (indoor).

The station has also operated on VHF as GM0JHE/p and GM0JHE/m from a variety of locations in Scotland. The recent acquisition of a Yaesu FT-817 has added 70cm to the list above, as well as QRP capability on all HF bands.

Background

Upon joining the Radio Society of Great Britain in October 1985, a Short-Wave listener number, BRS88043, was obtained, and so began almost a year of frantic QSL collecting. During this time, some awards were gained (DX Listeners Century Award, Heard All Continents, EU-DX-D, etc.), as well as an appreciation of amateur radio operating practices.

Following receipt of the results for the May 1986 Radio Amateurs Examination, a Class B call was applied for. On the 28th of July 1986, GM1VBF took to the airwaves, transmitting on 2m FM, and later SSB. A few attempts were made at mobile or portable operation, not just in Scotland, but also south of the border as G1VBF/p & G1VBF/m, and even in the Principality as GW1VBF/m.

In March of 1988, GM1VBF closed down when the operator, armed with a pass in the RSGB 12 w.p.m. Morse Test, applied for a Class A call. GM0JHE started transmitting on 26th March 1988.

Interests

Due to the operator's other commitments, GM0JHE has not been very active in this millennium! A recent portable/mobile QRP operation in North Wales resulted in only a handful of contacts, thus adding to the general sense of disillusion and under-achievement. Improvements to the aerials for both the main station and any portable operation remain the first priority. As a side project, and following hot on the heels of the decision of the IARU and various national licensing authorities to dispense with the Morse requirement, perhaps improving skills on the key would be a good idea, too!!!

The operator of GM0JHE.....

has been a member of the Radio Society of Great Britain since October 1985.
has been a member of the G-QRP Club since April 1986.
has WAB Book Number 8124 as part of the Worked All Britain Awards programme.
prefers to work with relatively low power on all bands.
has no outdoor aerials.
is not a DX-er, but is always happy to work any DX.
is not a contester, but is always happy to provide points and multipliers in a contest.
is too disorganised to apply for awards.
is not a member of a local radio club, but used to be a member of the now-defunct Greenock and District Amateur Radio Club (GM3ZRC).
used to be the RSGB QSL Bureau Sub-Manager for the GM1, GM6, GM7, GM8 and GM0AAA-LZZ series of callsigns.
has yet to finish a logbook.

A note from the author

I built my computer from readily available (and quickly obsolete) components in November 1999. At its heart is an Intel Celeron 500 with 192Mb RAM, and a 16Mb video card. I find that this specification is adequate for most purposes (office applications, web browsing, programming, etc.) because I'm not interested in games or flashy graphics. In keeping with the Amateur tradition, this page has been created and edited by me, garnering information from various textbooks and cutting and pasting from other sites I currently maintain (my code may not be ready to pass HTML validation, but it's reusable!). Its appearance is kept as simple as possible, not just through lack of knowledge or experience, but because that's the way I like it. The page has been optimised for IE4 and above. I know this is bad practice, but it's a hangover from the days when Netscape used to crash my old 486DX2-66! I've also concocted a very elementary stylesheet. So, if you want to see nice pastel colours and a decent font, try to view this page using Internet Explorer.

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Last Updated: 6/12/2003 (Karen A. Hunter GM0JHE)
E-mail: GM0JHE@qsl.net