Hi Folks, my name is Tony. I am a retired, married, bus-pass holder and have been licensed as a radio amateur since 1984. I worked in various locations around the country during a 33 year career in the employ of Her Majesty's Civil Service. From the age of 17 I practised martial arts including Karate, Aikido, Judo, Atemi-Jutsu & Ju-jitsu. I settled on Ju-Jitsu as my preferred martial art and attained the grade of 4th Dan within the Jikishin Association. In about 1997 I decided that a move from Kent to Lincolnshire was the right time to retire from the path of teaching and training. I have recently moved house from the fens of Lincolnshire to the Royal Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire.
With the help of new-found friends Mike & Ian from the local Radio Club I am now back on  the air from my new radio shack,

A new Maldol HVU-8 is tuned and in the air along with my dual band vertical on 2mtrs & 70cms and also, as of May 2014, a fully portable TW2010 Adventurer. The Yaesu FT847 and also a FT817ND with MFJ969 ATU and Yaesu FT8800 (dual band FM mobile) for local and repeater are all working giving me coverage from 3.5Mhz to 440Mhz. The choice of antenna for HF means I will have had to compromise a bit as I have not installed a tower at our new home. The addition of a USB Signal Link gives me access to RTTY, PSK31, Slowscan TV and other data modes via my laptop. I have now added a nice desktop microphone to suit the FT847 at a good price to tidy the station layout a bit.
I can also be found on Skype, Echolink, and also operate occasionally on eQSO usually via my P.C.

The 'blue dot' in the picture is my home qth.