Geoffrey D.Pendrick
QRA I092GW
WAB SK33

I was first licensed as GW6BEI in 1981 whilst living in Carmarthen, South Wales. A job move back to England meant the call sign changed to G6BEI, operating mainly mobile on VHF and UHF for a number of years. In 2000 I upgraded the licence and was issued with the new call sign M5GAC . My main interest is in operating all bands and I have recently obtained DXCC. I a member of the Nunsfield House Amateur Radio Group and Derby Raynet. My current station consists of the Icom 746, main rig, with the second radio being the Yeasu FT-840, which is also used whilst on holiday or operating from the Scottish Isles. Facilities are also available for monitoring the DX cluster. A Strumech tower is in use which supports the VHF aerials, a 6m beam and a 2 element HF beam. A 40/20m dipole and an inverted L aerial is also in use covering 160/80 and 40m.

Portable operations have been from the Scottish Isles of Arran (2003), Bute (2004) and Mull (2005), and from Galloway, using the call sign MM5GAC/P. 2007 was the Centenary year of the Scouting Movement and celebrations took place worldwide.
Operating the Special Event Callsign GB5BBS from Whiting Bay on the Isle of Arran, on behalf of Broadway Baptist Scouts, 135th Derby, and the Scouts on the Isle of Arran, 435 contacts were made in 23 different countries.

This year (2010), whilst on holiday in Scotland, 10th to 21st May, I shall be operating from the Isle of Skye, WAB square NG53. Using the call sign MM5GAC/P, I shall be operating mainly in the mornings and evenings on 80m, 40m and 20m

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