VK4GCR

I Live on the Fabulous Gold Coast (hence the Callsign - Gold Coast Radio) here in Queensland. I'm retired and enjoy all aspects of Amateur Radio. A retired Offshore Electrical Mechanic having worked on Offshore Oil & Gas Installations around the World, I find the Gold Coast hard to beat. I also enjoyed Flying as a hobby a while back having gained my private pilots license and touring around in a Cessna 172, but these days I find that passtime a little too expensive. Lucky I found a nice cheap hobby like Amateur Radio. Well that's what I tell the Wife anyway. Hi Hi. ! I'm a member of the Bayside Amateur Radio Society (BDARS) and I was a previous President of that group. I enjoy operating SSB (Rag Chew and Contesting) on most of the HF Bands including SSB on VHF/UHF 2m & 70cm and also operate on FreeDMR (the best DMR Network) and really enjoy the freedom that Network offers. My main DX Radio is a Yaesu FT-897D set up for 20m with a 1/4 wave vertical and I manage 20m USA contacts from South East Queensland Australia on a daily basis with the current conditions (Hi to Jack W1FDY and Gary N3SJL on the Southern Cross Net 14.238 at 11 UTC Daily) I'm also connected to the HamShack Hotline on # 3300000155 , and Hams Over IP on 300130, so give me a call some time. 73 for now !