I live in central London where I am much pretty much QRT. When working
away or remotely I become much more active, but never as formal
DXpedition.
Here are some of the places that I have worked as a doctor, and some random pictures in random order associated with this hobby.
GM3WIP Yell Shetland, VK4BGL QLD Australia, VK0GB Casey Antarctica,
VP8DPD Falklands, ZD7GB St Helena, ZD8GB on Ascension Island I was ZD9DR but never
activated it, as I had no radio with me on Tristan Da Cunha. Recentlly in 2025 I acquired N7GVB in Montana USA.
My kit for some years is Yaesu 857 and 897 with ATAS verticals as these are so portable.
I also
have
QO-100 satellite running DX patrol upconverter to 4W various
sized
dishes driven by my Yaesu.
I use Airspy Mini, RX888 SDRs and Funcube dongle often with
Raspberry Pis. One of the Pis, a 3b has working for some years now is at https://yell.bulger.co.uk
I have also setup wsprdaemon projects. The first is on on St Helena as ZD7GB but notw TX only thanks to ZD7GWM
Then RX is on Ascension but it needs better antenna; it is just about reporting as ZD8GB. Hopefully us will be bsck there later in 2026 for a few days to fix
I am always looking for somewhere QRM quiet in UK to erect antennas and run remotely from
London or anywhere, perhaps set this up as a shared resource. When operating in London I have to
use remote KiwiSDRs or OpenWebRx stations for receive; my addresses in London EC1 and SE18 I have a
noise floors between S7 and S8.
My only London QTH is over a bridge in a van next to my apartment in Farringdon London EC1R QO-100
Satellite works fine from inside the van, pointing the dish towards St
Paul's Cathedral.
Dish just fits in
ATAS and 2m antenna can just be seen,
There are QRZ pages of my callsigns. My other pages include gerardbulger.com.au
