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Isle of Jura
Lat :N55° 51' 45"
Long :W5° 56' 22"
QTH locator : IO75AU;
IOTA Number EU-008

My Main website http://juraphotos.co.uk

QSL CARDS direct via email is preferred or via eqsl
I may be slow at replying to direct or buero qsl cards due to work commitments

Digital modes sorry i do not do qsl cards or eqsl cards for automated qso's generated using macros only, personal keyboard input is required for a digi mode qsl card.

I am Newly licensed on the 28th of March 2013 with special thanks to the Lomond amateur radio club
I believe I may be the first resident licensed amateur radio operator on the island of Jura
hopefully should have many interesting contacts
My second contact as it licensed, amateur on QRP was to CS8ABA on Pico Island in the Azores
All of my equipment apart from the transceivers is a home built which I built myself

About me
Semi retired shellfish diver/fisherman
worked in North sea fishing and Salvage work also have worked round just about all of the islands north of the mull of kintyre to the summer isles and out west to St Kilda,
My other interests in photography, flying Microlites and paragliding

Equipment all home made apart from radios

Antennas

Fan Doublet cut for 160, 80, 40 meters fed with 40 meters home-made twin feeder
located over a small stream approximately 25 yards from the sea

After much experimentation and testing I found the fan doublet fed with 40 meters of feeder to
preform significantly better than the standard doublet design some minor trimming of the feeder was required

For 2 meters SlimJim
For 10 meters I use a home-made Slim Jim fed with coax
For 15 Meters I use a home-made delta loop
And for 20 meters all home made delta loop
80 meter delta loop work in progress
Fan Doublet cut for 160, 80, 40 meters in a star shape apx 15 - 20 meters above ground
over looking the sea fed with just less tha 40 meters home-made twin feeder

ATU,s
home-made ballenced pi Match ATU
home-made ZMatch ATU
and a S-match also home made
Radios
Kenwood TS-50 now dead power surge fried it
replaced with Icom IC-718
Yeticom Optima
wouxun vhf-uhf fm quad band

Radio to pc interfaces all homemade

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