Welcome To 2E0XLG Website

Thanks for calling in to my website. I hope your visit was worth it. My name is Chris and I am a keen Ham Radio Operator in the North Yorkshire Dales. I am a member of the YDCG ( Yorkshire Dales Contest Group ). I got into radio years ago when I was 14 years old. My father used to take me to work with him on the weekends and I spotted a Citizen Band radio in the workshop. I asked my father what it was and he said " Its a CB son".  I was blown away when he said " Do you want it ? ". That was it I was then to become a CBer. I had no power supply so I got one of them plug in the wall power supplies which did 12v for the AM radio. My first contact was a old fella who called himself Buffalo Bill and he told me I was buzzing. I was from that day called BUZBY. I then blew my first rig up.... Humm wonder why... I went from AM to FM then to USB 27.555 for listening only of course. After that I got sick of the CB to many people using it to annoy and cause problems. If you was a old CBer you will know what I mean. Then in 2007 I was introduced to Amateur Radio by a good friend 2E0ZTM Fred or Terry as some know him. That was it I was hooked. I took my exam for the Foundation Licence in December 2007 at the Burnley Radio Club to find I had a pass and my new licence for Xmas. What a present for christmas that was. M3XLG was the callsign I wanted and thats what I got.

In my first year of radio I bought a Yaesu FT-857 & FT-60 hand held radio. I still have both radios and think they are very good radios. I dont do this swapping radios every 5mins I will buy yaesu again if they ever fail but I have had no problems with them at all. I also was given a old icom IC-225 which I fixed due to it not enjoying a rough ride in the landrover. It was a dry joint that was making the radio lose audio whilst on the move. From then on I started to convert a room in the house as a radio shack which is still in the stages or conversion and I think it will still be when I become a grandad....hi hi. I bought quite a few antennas to play with in my first year.

My antennas are 7ele ZL Special , 12 ele ZL Special , 4ele quad , 22ele Jay beam , 8x8 slot fed yagi , EVX6000 , X510H , Comet GP15 , G5RV , Antron 99 , 88ele 70cm Jay beam ect ect. All the beams are for portable work so I had to extend the roof rack on the landrover to take them. Then the welder came out to make a drive on stand to be able to use the antennas out and about. I was then introduced to http://www.vhfcc.org website by M0XLT and started to work the activity evenings. In my first year I have gained a certificate from the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) as the leading foundation licensee of the single operator others section in the low power 2m Contest of 2008.

We are getting there with the site but please stand by...hi hi

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I also run a IRLP Gatway Node & Echolink node is 452727 on the frequency 145.3375 Mhz

MB7IXL CTCSS Tone 77.0Hz

The node is working on CentOS 5 and has a security PIN setup so that not just anybody can use it to connect arround the world. There has in the past been a problem with people using the node and not switching it off so the new PIN system stops this. If you wish to use the node all you have to do is goto my callsign on qrz.com and send me a email with a 4 digit pin code you wish to use and your callsign , full name & location. Then I will email you back with details of how to use it and then I will set up the pin code for you. In the NOV for the Node it states "The Licensee shall take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorised operation of the gateway." So I must have the pin code in operation because I cant monitor the node if I am not there. The only other way is to turn it off when I am not there. So you can see the PIN code system is the best way to go.

So if you are in the area and wish to use my node please Email me.