Hi my name is Colin Santer, my Radio Amateur Callsign is G6JVT. I have been interested in all things radio since the age of thirteen when I built my first crystal set to listen to the pirate radio stations Radio Caroline, Radio London, and Radio Luxembourg in the 1960’s. My interest in electronics, radio construction, and communications continued to grow throughout my teenage years, and following a few rebellious years of CB and other such radio activities I became a Radio Amateur in 1982. My first Amateur station, G6JVT, was established during the summer of 1982 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.
In 1986 I moved to Worthing on the south coast of England, but due to damage caused to my antenna by hurricane force winds in 1987 and storm force winds in 1989 I went off air until 2006.

During the spring of 2006 while in my loft I came across my old Amateur Radio equipment, tested it, and found it was still working, and I began to rebuild my Amateur Radio station. G6JVT came back on air in the early summer of 2006 and has been active ever since.

My Station (big boys toys):

HF, VHF and UHF:

Home Base: My Yaesu FT-991A is used for HF 60M-6M, 2M & 70cm SSB, FM, C4FM, and other digital modes via a Yaesu SCU-17 USB interface.

I have a Yaesu FTM400/DX for FM, C4FM and Wires-X.  I use this transceiver along with a Yaesu HRI-200 Wires-X interface to form the basis of my VHF Fusion Gateway MB6GG.

For 4M FM I use a Anytone AT-588 low band transceiver, and for use on 10M and 12M I have a CRT SS6900N multi-mode transceiver.

Portable / Mobile: FM(2m & 70cm): Wouxun KG-VUDP1 Dual Band, FM.  DMR(70cm): TYT MD380.  FM & C4FM(2m & 70cm): FT-70D.  All-mode (HF,VHF and UHF): FT-817ND.

I very much enjoy home construction and have built, two mono-band HF, SSB, QRP transceivers. I have also built, multi band, QRP beacon transmitters, sending WSPR mode on all bands from 60M to 6M with power outputs of between 60 milliwatt  up to a maximum of 180 milliwatt (Band dependent). 

Antennas:

My HF antenna is a Homemade multi-band doublet antenna with a flat top, mounted about 6M above ground level, fixed at the east and west ends of my garden. The antenna is connected to my transceivers via a Diamond 4 way antenna switch and antenna tuning units.

The FT-991A is connected to the doublet antenna via a LDG AT-100Pro mk2 Autotuner.

On the 4M band I use a home-made half wave vertical dipole mounted at about 5M above the ground.

For 2M and 70cm SSB I use a dual band Yagi antenna designed by DK7ZB (5 elements on 2M and 8 elements on 70cm) mounted horizontally above a lightweight Yaesu rotator at about 8M above ground level. I also have a Diamond X-50 high gain dual band colinear antenna mounted 6M above ground level for local chatting on FM.

When portable using the hand-held transceivers I use the supplied rubber duck antennas, mobile I use a Diamond dual band (2M /70cm) magnetic mounted antenna. When using the HF bands on my FT-817ND I use the wide band Wonder Whip and a Wonder counterpoise, Super Antenna, or Off Centre fed dipole.

Feeders:

The feeder I use for the 2M / 70cm beam and the Diamond X-50 colinear is Westflex 103, 50 Ohm coaxial cable. To feed the 4M dipole, and the 40M doublet, I use RG58C/U Mil. spec 50 Ohm coaxial cable.

I use PL259 connectors on HF and 60MHz, BNC on 70MHz, and N type on frequencies 144MHz and above, to minimise transmission losses.

Microphones:

I use Yaesu MD-200A8X desk microphone on my FT-991A. On all other radios I use the manufactures supplied microphones.

Special Events:

Each year I use a Yaesu FTdx-1200 multi mode, multi band transceiver, LDG YT-1200 Automatic ATU and Yaesu MD-100 Microphone to form a Special Event Station (GB6SMW) at my local church during September for CHOTA. The antenna used for the Special Event Station is a home-made multi band off-center fed dipole cut for 40 meter band.

Other Information:

G6JVT is located in the town of Worthing, West Sussex, on the south coast of England.

I am a member of the World Association of Christian Radio Amateurs and Listeners (W.A.C.R.A.L), Worked All Britain, (WAB), Great Britain Low power group (G-QRP), Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) and more.

Thank you for looking my call sign up, I hope you enjoy your visit to my website, and find the content informative and useful.

Please give me a call any time you hear me on air, or send me an email. Gods blessing for you and your family.