Operator here is Mark Borthwick I have been a Short Wave Listener (SWL) for many years, I am originally from the small town of Hawick in the Scottish Borders. After a few years of living and working in the City Of Sunderland North East England, I have now returned to the Scottish Borders. I am married to Liane and we share our home with Abby our West Highland Terrier.

I spend most of my time Dxing the Ham/Broadcast bands and like decoding the many digital modes.

RECENT QSL RECEIVED

The Equipment

My current receiver is the Palstar R30 with matching SP30 speaker + MFJ-1026 noise canceling signal enhancer.
Eton E5 portable receiver

Toshiba Laptops soundcard is used to decode RTTY/FAX/CW/SSTV/PSK31/NAVTEX.

Using programmes like JVComm32,TrueTTY,CWget.

The Antenna

100ft Longwire running NNW/SSE at 15ft high + 25ft EWE beaming West + Homemade 5ft Loop for MW Dxing.

        

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