Welcome to my little corner of the radio waves and circuits! I’m Carl, your friendly amateur radio tinkerer, broadcasting from somewhere between Northwood and Rickmansworth, right on the Greater London / Hertfordshire border. This website launched on 1st February 2026, though I’m busy transferring some of my most interesting posts from my old webpages.

My main passions? Radios that chirp, electronics that hum, and the occasional friendly contest where signals fly and antennas wave.

I’m a proud member of the Drowned Rats Radio Group (the ‘Rats’) — call signs G3RAT and G2D — and we can often be found scuttling about on VHF and above contests. I also helped launch and now co-manage the United Kingdom Bunkers On The Air scheme (UKBOTA), part of the worldwide WWBOTA network, where I also serve as Worldwide Coordinator. I am also a member of RSGB, G-QRP, UKSMG, RSARS and RAFRS.

When I’m not buried in bunkers, breaking either the UKBOTA or WWBOTA websites, or deep in contest logs you may find me in my workshop melting solder and cursing at a circuit diagram, or putting a new antenna up somewhere. So pull up a chair, tune in, and join me for a journey through antennas, circuits, and the wonderful little world of amateur radio. Who knows what you’ll hear next!

73, Carl M0ICR