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Peter Tottle

5247 East London.
South Africa

AF
south africa
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Call data

Last update:2017-03-29 07:52:44
QTH:South Africa
Continent:AF
Views:260
Main prefix:ZS
Latitude:-32.9674300
Longitude:27.8475500
Locator:KF37WA
DXCC Zone:462
ITU Zone:57
CQ Zone:38

QSL data

Last update:2016-07-17 10:19:17
eQSL QSL:YES
Bureau QSL:YES
Direct QSL:no
LoTW QSL:no

Biography

Active since the 1950's. I was in the Royal Air Force as a Ground Wireless Mechanic. Stationed at RAF Locking and RAF Valley in the UK. Then worked at 101 signals Unit RAF Jever West Germany. Then posted to RAF Gatow TX station, in Berlin during the Cold War.
Now live in South Africa and was licenced here in 1979.
I work the Digital and SSB, HF, VHF & UHF bands.
I held for 5 years the South African record for Long distance SSB VHF with a distance of 3020KM - ZS2ABF to FR5DN on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, with an 8 element Yagi horizontaly polerized and only 10Watts (The inversion was very strong that night).The video can be seen on You Tube
On the digital bands I like working SSTV on 14.230 USB.

Equipment

TS-450SAT, IC-290D ,Naigai VHF Linear(250 W), FT-726R (now faulty) , TM-261A , FT-221R, 2x PC's.
Home brew PC to Computer interface to the TS-450.
Antennas = HF Horizontal Loop 3-29 MHz. VHF - Folded Dipole, JPole, 8 Element Yagi(horz). UHF - Dicky Bow.

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