M0WYE - Home Page

UK AMATEUR RADIO STATION

Callsign: M0WYE (previous callsign G6TMK)
Station Location: Wye, near Ashford in Kent (QTH Locator square JO01LE)
Operator Name: Hugh

Radio M0WYE is a modest and low-budget affair, with converted PMR radios that previously saw service in AA vans and Gas board vehicles. Now they roam the airwaves on the 4 and 2 meter VHF bands. An small portable tele is used for Band 1 DXTV.

Since obtaining the new callsign, the station has been greatly improved with an FT847. This provides multimode capability on 2m, 4m, 6m and 70cm, an increase in power output, and, of course access to the HF bands. At present a two band trapped dipole, using home-made coaxial traps is being used for 20m and 40m.

Read About My experiments with the 136kHz band. I've put up some pictures of my LF antennas and transmitter. - but very much a "work in progress".

Here the D2006 Selective Level Meter is being used as a receiver to tune the antenna to resonance. The "Dalek" on the left is the base loading coil which incorporates a variometer.

Stelling Minnis Meet, September 2003 - I've put a few photos on this page

The Icom balloon over Wye.
An Icom IC24ET dual band handheld is used mobile on 2m and 70cm.

A Palstar (Maycom) KH6 6m handheld is used for 6m FM mobile.
But no sign of the Palstar baloon yet ...

I've put up a Moonraker Dual Band Colinear for 2 and 70cms. Quarterwave ground plane aerials are used for 4 and 6m.

I live close to the North Downs, which tend to block signals in some directions, but I like to turn this to an advantage by operating mobile from the top of the Downs, and I have a 5 element yagi for 2 and a home made 16 element for 70cms. I use Home made HB9CV antennas on 4 and 6m.

Home made yagi for 70cms made out of parts from old TV aerials. 2.4m boom - approx. 13dB gain.

I'd like to hear (or work) some stations via aurora, so I've started monitoring the solar weather ...

Solar X-rays: Geomagnetic Field:

From n3kl.org

G2JF

Some of you who remember the early days of amateur VHF will recognise Wye as being the QTH of Jim Foster G2JF. I have only recently realised what a pioneer Jim was on 2 meters. He had the first ever 2m contact between the British mainland and Spain, and also the first to Andorra. He won the VHF challenge trophy on four occasions.

I should be very interested to hear from anybody who knew Jim, or worked him, and could tell me more about his activities in and outside the hobby of amateur radio. If you can help please E-mail me: m0wye (at) thersgb.net (please replace the (at) with the appropriate symbol)

WYE

Photographs of the town where I live

Local Links

Ashford Amateur Radio Club - G4AAR

I spend a lot of spare time working on the Kennington URC/ Methodist Church Web Pages, Kennington Church Homepage

You can mail me if you like, m0wye (at) radiouk.com, constructive criticism of the pages will always be welcome.

Some other links...
Link to the Wye web page - www.wye.org

Wye College Home Page
Ford Cortina