I have been operating Amateur radio since December 1986 when I passed my B class license. On the 12th August 1992 I went on to pass my Morse test and obtain a A class license.

Since then I have made several thousand contacts all over the world and made many friends. Some of those friends are local who I met through the Guildford and district radio society ( GDRS ) and others are not so close to home.

25th September 2002 I got my first DXCC and now working towards my second hundred.

In December 2001 while putting out a general call, Pat (WR6S) answered me from California. We kept in contact via email and soon started having regular chats on the radio. In September 2001 he very kindly invited me over for my first trip to the states to meet him and his family. This was a great trip and was great to meet the person I had been chatting to for the past 9 months.

While we were having these regular chats on the radio a couple of other radio hams from the states started to join in with us on a regular bases and we soon became friends also. Gregg (KB8ISI) from West Virginia and Gerry (W6GLP). Gerry only Lives a mile away from Pat so I got to meet and stay with him while I was in California.

We have scheduled chats on 14:326Mhz at 06:30 utc most days (echolink if bands are dead) and at the weekends we can be found around 28:590Mhz  14:00 to 16:00 utc.   

Pat (WR6S) California                        Jerry (W6GLP) California

Gregg (KB8ISI) West Virginia

In February 2002 Ray (K4TEX) called me on 10m and said he and a colleague, Miller (KG4FIL), would be coming over on business and could they arrange a meet while they were over. This we did and was a pleasure to meet them both. We kept in contact and I saw them again in April 2003 when I went to West Virginia to see Gregg KB8ISI.

        Miller KG4FIL         Ray K4TEX in my radio shack. 

 Miller and Ray live in North Carolina. 

From left to right.

Stella (G0SWE) - Beth (My mum) - Derrick (Brother) - Miller (KG4FIL) - Colin (Brother) - Ray (K4TEX) and myself, Simon (G0SJH)

To see a list of countries I have spoken to click HERE.

To see a list of the states of America I have spoken to click HERE.

On the weekend of 13th April to 15th April 2002 I took part in the Titanic event GB90MGY. For details and Photo's click below