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ZD8I with wife Sarah and children Ellen, Jonathan and Simon, late 2005--we've all grown a bit since then!
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Ormskirk & District Amateur Radio Club 1981--My local Radio Club as a teenager.
Frank G0CJS, Mike G0CBB, Mike G4LTI (my father and QSL manager), John G6ZLI, Dave G6YGP, Dave G4UEW, Anne G4YQI, Christine, Roger G0AOM, Bill G4MHO, Jim G6ZWZ, Kevin G4IGX, George G4VDD and Jim G0DDU.
Sadly several now SK however G0AOM, G6YGP and G4LTI are all in the ZD8I logbook.
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Don't know why I want to show the world this picture! G8WVW at the age of 16 wearing an RSGB T-shirt.
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Ian as A41/SWL. Two years working in the desert listening to 20m using a HF Marine set renewed a ham radio interest after 8-years QRT.
I was unable to obtain a local licence however.
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ZD8I at 410ft on Tower CC at the BBC World Service Atlantic Relay Station on Ascension Island.
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Our UK home in the Eden Valley, close to the English Lake District.
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Our 27' Beneteau 'Shinos' travelling home from Greece.
I hold an RYA Day Skipper ticket and a member of the local rescue boat team..
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Both Sarah and I are BSAC qualified Ocean Divers.
Ascension Island has fantastic diving with abundant sea life, several wrecks, good visibility and warm water!
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