2E0BAF - All About Mission Control
Hi Everyone out there in amateur radio land
My radio callsign 2E0BAF and I live in a little town called Carlton, which can be found on the eastern side of the wonderful city of Nottingham, England. Home to the legend that was Robin Hood and the place that the English Civil War started in August 1642 (many years before I was born apparently!).
I have been licenced since May 2005 and hold a UK intermediate licence and at the moment I’m not planning on upgrading to a full UK licence any time soon.
I’m currently running a Yaesu FTM-500 into a Diamond D-130 Discone antenna which I use for wideband RX and 2m/70cm TX into local repeaters and a little local simplex.
I also use a Yaesu FTdx101MP and the M1 Reference Mic for my primary HF work. It’s fair to say that this is a dream radio combination for those DX QSLs. The radio is connected into a Ciro Mazzoni Baby Loop sitting on top of a Yaesu G-450c rotator. This is giving me contacts across the entire world.
I also use an Icom ID-52e either via a Zum hotspot or direct to local repeaters and simplex.
And finally I have a Uniden SDS100E digital scanner sitting in the background monitoring local repeaters, civil/military ATC, local services like the bus company, PMR, DMR and all manner of digital/analogue signals.
Location
Latitude 52.965163 (52° 57′ 54” N)
Longitude -1.089904 (1° 5′ 23” W)
Grid Square IO92kx
CQ Zone 14
ITU Zone 27
ITU Region 1
IOTA Number EU-005
Station Equipment List
Yaesu FTM-500 VHF/UHF Transmitter
Yaesu FTdx-101MP HF/50m 200w Transmitter
Yaesu FH-2 Memory Keypad
Icom ID-52e HT
Uniden SDS100 Digital Scanner
Zum 3.5 Elite Hotsopt
Antenna 1 – Ciro Mazzoni Baby Loop 40m – 10m
Antenna 2- Diamond D-130 Discone Wide Band RX/TX
Icom V-S3 Bluetooth Mic
Yaesu M-1 Reference Desk Mic
Jetfon FX 35 SW Switching PSU
Geekom GT1 Mega, Mini PC