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Back Ground History
I am have been married for 27 years and have 3 boys 2 of whom are also hams ZR5SDM and ZR5SM not having done the morse so far .
I am an Electrician having done factory and domestic electric's automation and fault finding been my forte however I am a jack of many trades doing welding , rigging , steel construction , mechanical engineering , PC hardware & software support and presently work as a crane technician contracting to a crane company .
Botswana
Other hobbies of mine and some of the family Simon ,Shannon were 4 X 4 trips into remote places such as Botswana , Lesotho and Eastern Cape( Formally The Transki Wild Coast ).
I will tell you a little about these trips of ours to Botswana .
We had heard so much about Botswana that when a friend asked if we were interested in a trip to Botswana of cause we were , so the arrangements we made for the trip ,but first we had lots of work to carry out the Isuzu 260 EL 4 X 4 had to be modified ,front bull bar strengthened winch fitted .( The bull bar or the "sheep bar" as it was known to us because of a previous trip was found to be lacking in strength thus "sheep bar") TO BE CONTINUED
Ham Intrests
I became a HAM in 1989 having progressed from 11Meter's . My main interests lie in antenna construction mainly on 2meter's & 70centi meter's bands having built , based on KLM 2meter x 17 element on 7,5 meter boom yagi for the down link satellites and 27 element loop yagi for 70 centi meter's on a 7,5 meter boom . I also enjoy HF , I have rebuilt a TH3 THUNDERBIRD for 10,15 & 20 Meter bands which I use and work's very well .
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