Thank you for visiting my page on HRDLog! Welcome!

Since I was 12 years old I have been interested in radio.  I passed my amateur radio licence in 1989 and was active for 7 years until 1996. Due to changing circumstances I decided to leave the hobby for 20 years as I concentrated on my career and sold all my old equipment. Back in June 2017 at age 45 years I decided to buy some new radio equipment and return to the airwaves after a very long absence.  It is nice to be back on the air!

I have always been a Kenwood fan since I bought a TS850SAT in the 1990s, as you will see when you read on I have a lot of Kenwood equipment!  I love the fantastic build quality and audio from their radios.

At my present QTH, I am using an HF OCF Carolina Windom antenna with a vertical radiator using between 5 - 200 watts for 80 - 4m, and for VHF/UHF I have a Diamond X-50N vertical antenna.  I also have the excellent Palstar AT-2K 2000 manual antenna tuner when needed.

In February 2020 I decided to try some of the digital sides to amateur radio. Using FT8 and FT4 digital modes have helped me to find new countries to add to my DXCC tally.  Currently I have worked 168 DXCC to date (155 confirmed QRZ.com) on all continents (20th September 2022).

On holiday in Castlerock, a seaside villlage that I have been going to on holiday since I was a child, I like to operate a small radio station every July.  Located on the beautiful north coast of Northern Ireland, it has stunning views of the north atlantic ocean and is famed for its clean beach.  Please see my QRZ.com page GI7LOU/P for more details of station setup.

All station logs are recorded here at QRZ.com, uploaded also to eQSL.cc, HRDLog.net, QRZCQ.com, CLUBLog.org and LOTW.?  

I really appreciate any contacts made on air, also SWLs are very welcome too, I will QSL you in return via eQSL.cc. 

Finally, please sign my web logs, I will be very happy do so for you in return.  It is always nice to know where in the world you are reading my QRZ page from!

If you hear me anywhere, give me a call!

73 de GI7LOU [Richard]