I live in Waipara (60km north of Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand, see map) with my wife Ann, ZL3TNT, and my background includes Air Force radar, servicing and instructing, as well as some time with a two-way radio manufacturer. Our son John, ZL3UFO, is currently serving in the NZ Army.

Writing computer programs is also another of my interests and so far my own software ranges from installation programs to minimize the agony of setting up packet radio software such as T4, FlexNet and JNOS, to educational software, the most recent being HamDisk which is a DOS program to assist students who are studying for the New Zealand amateur radio exams. HamDisk will run on a 360k floppy disk in an XT computer (or anything better of course!).

Amateur (Ham) Radio in general is one of my interests and we are members of the North Canterbury Amateur Radio Club Inc which is also Branch 68 of NZART. Our family is involved in the social aspects of the club as well as AREC (Amateur Radio Emergency Communications), and the club committee from time to time. I am also a member of CARDS - one website and another website, and AMSAT-ZL with its KiwiSAT amateur satellite project.

You can follow me on twitter here.