England

I have been a licensed radio ham since 1982 when I sat and passed my City & Guilds exam in the UK.

I held the callsign G6RFB and got my first 2 meter radio which was a Yaesu FT480R 2M FM with SSB operation which I used as a base station and mobile. Later in 1992 after passing my CW exam in S.A. I changed my call to G0RSJ.

I left the UK in 1984 and immigrated to South Africa.

South Africa

After arriving in S.A. I applied for my SA callsign and was issued a restricted callsign ZR6RR until I passed my CW exam in Johannesburg in 1992 to a class A license and changed my callsign to ZS6RJ.

My first HF radio was a Icom IC735, with a Mosley TA33 antenna on a 40 foot tilt over tower. I no longer have the callsign ZS6RJ but held that call from 1992 to 2001

After spening 17 years in SA I immigrated to New Zealand in 2001.

New Zealand

After arriving in New Zealand in January 2001. Shortly after arrival, I applied for my NZ callsign ZL1RJS and later applied for ZL3RS on 15th August 2022 once the call became avaliable but, I took a break from amateur radio when we first arrived in NZ. mainly as we were in a rental property, but soon got the bug again in 2010 when we moved to Papakura and joined the Papakura Radio Club, branch 65. The link above gives all the info on where to find the club and contacts/nets, should you wish to find out more about the Papakura Radio Cub.
Please Note: The VHF net has changed it's start time, earlier to 0800hrs due to the net getting bigger.