Hi, I'm Neil Whiteside - thank you for visiting my website. I started out as a Short Wave Listener in 1974, and was first licenced in February 1977 as G8MXF. I got my class A call - G4HUN - on January 5th 1979. In the early days I was mainly active on 2m - in the days when other people were active too (!). I then went off air from 1984 to 2002, when my interest was rekindled. Although I'm often listening on HF and VHF from home, a lot of my activity is on VHF and UHF from the car, as the day job involves a lot of travelling. I run an Icom IC2725 with a Maldol colinear on 2m and 70cm FM.
I have served as RSGB Deputy Regional Manager for Cambridgeshire, and as RSGB Regional Manager for East Anglia. I am a member of The Radio Amateur Emergency Network (Raynet). I'm also a member of the ARRL, and a committee member of the Cambridgeshire Repeater Group. I am a founder member of the Camb-Hams, an honorary member of Peterborough & District Amateur Radio Club, and I used to be a member of the Shefford and District ARS.
In October 2011 I passed the ARRL Technician and General exams, and I now hold the callsign W6HUN. To find out more about the history of this call go to the W6HUN page.
I operate the GB3PY-R Echolink node.
If we've worked - thanks for the QSO: if not, I hope we'll work sometime.
Neil.
Many of the pictures used throughout this site come from unknown original sources, so I can only thank everyone in general for the use of their images. In particular, thanks to RigPix and SM0OFV for many of the images that I have used in the Rigs section. This site is not for profit, so I hope that no-one who originated these images minds. If I have used one of your pictures and you object to its use, please get in touch and your work will either be removed or acknowledged in full.