On 27th Feb 2019 Norrie Stewart GM1CNH gave an illustrated talk on Amateur Radio Operating in Colombia as HK3/MM0BMG.

Having travelled to Colombia many times since 2010, in 2018 he decided to take some radio equipment with him. This is how he got on...

Self-taught in Amateur Radio while at school and first licenced in 1983 with a class B licence GM1CNH. In 1997 passed the 12 wpm Morse test and gained a class A licence MM0BMG. Worked in the aerospace and defence industry since 1986 on airborne fire control and surveillance radar systems for various fixed wing and rotary wing platforms.

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After his presentation, Norrie demonstrated the lightweight HF vertical antenna and tripod that he took to Colombia, and which worked remarkably well even in poor sunspot conditions.

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