• Amateur Radio

In my amateur radio pages you will find

details of my station

photos of my shack

aerial projects

• Earth Observation from space
  • I use radio equipment to decode images sent to earth by satellites. 
  • Look at the web site of the Group for Earth Observation also known as GEO

   

• France
  • I go to France as often as I can. In fact I work at the ports of Calais and Dunkerque.
  • Shopping trips at least once a month, and longer excursions in our Pilote R380 motorhome.  My favorite region is Charente Maritime, on the South West coast.
  • See my France page and my motorhome page.

• Books

  A year in the merde, Merde Actually and Talk to the snail

  • I have just read "A year in the merde" and the follow up novel "Merde actually" by Stephen Clarke. 
  • He describes the adventures of a Englishman who has the idea of setting up a Tea Room in Paris.  It is very funny.
  • I am just about to read Talk to the snail

  Book I keep to hand

  • Wire Antennas for Radio Amateurs by William I Orr W6SAI
  • All about Cubical Quad Antennas by William I Orr W6SAI
  • VHF Amateur Radio by William I Orr W6SAI
  • Signor Marconi's Magic Box by Gavin Weightman - Thanks to G3XPO for recommending this one.
  • Practical and tested aerial systems by Ian Keyser G3ROO

• Magazines

  I subscribe to the following magazines

  • Land Mobile - Megahertz - Practical Wireless

   

• Films

  My favorite Films

  Leon

  • The ultimate assassin movie staring Jean Reno who is ruthless

  Matrix

  • A fantastic trilogy mixing animation and acting.  The special effects are stunning

  Ronin

  • Jean Reno is one of a group of mercenaries employed to capture a suitcase.  Great car chases and action scenes

  French Connection I & II

  • Jean Hackman starts in these films about the Marsaille drug traffic trade.  Classic car chase scene in the first film.  In the second film Hackman is forced to become a junky.