About me

• Retired in 2001 from senior management roles in corporate telecommunications. Then spent 18 years as Senior Air Traffic Engineer at my local airport.
  
  
• Happily resident in the Eden Valley, Cumbria, north-west England since 2001.
  
  
• Radio amateur for more than 55 years. Almost 100% CW operator. DXer, DXpeditioner and occasional contester. Mainly operating on HF/6m but recently returned to 2m, where there isn't much activity, CW or otherwise!
  
  
• Founder and President of the Summits on the Air (SOTA) programme for radio amateurs worldwide.
  
  
• Keen hillwalker and, in my younger days, rock climber, competition hiker, caver and occasional orienteer.
  
  
• Builder and former pilot of two seat light aircraft G-JONL, built in 2010.
  PPL, IR(R) and night certifications since 2005. Logged in excess of 1000 hours total flying time. Recently retired.
  
  
• Keen designer and builder of electronics and software projects, with especial interest in hybrid hardware/software solutions.
  
  
• Lover of classical music and a committee member of Penrith Music Club.
  
  
• Aspiring organist with home-built Hauptwerk 3-manual+pedals organ and access to several local pipe organs.
  
  
• Former Venture Scout Leader and Air Cadet Instructor.

Amateur radio links
My QRZ.com profile For more information about G3WGV
Summits on the Air Creator, founder and president
First Class CW Operators' Club Member since 1991, past President and a committee member for ten years
Chiltern DX Club Member since 1990, past chairman
GMDX Group Founder member
FlexRadio Controller Blog I run a FlexRadio 6500 & 6600 SDR, for which I designed my own controller

Flying links
G-JONL build Blog

Music links
Hauptwerk The Virtual Pipe Organ software that I try to play
Penrith Music Club A local classical music club.

Pennine View & home automation links
Extension build Blog I built a substantial extension to my home in 2013 and this is the Blog