This Callsign belonged to my late Grandfather John Martin.who worked for the MOD During World war II (He was A VI (Voluntary Interceptor)and his family asked me to apply for his Calllsign in his memory. My thanks go to the Head Librarian Mr John Crabbe who without his help this would not have been possible as not much paperwork was available. My previous callsign was MI3UDX. I feel very privileged to be able to continue my Pops Callsign and look forward to working the bands, I am a member of the RSGB but Prefer to receive and send Qsls direct if possible.I Have always been interested in Vintage valve Equipment and Transceivers, and especially the HF Bands on SSB, Both as a SWL and more recently as an Amateur station. My other Hobby is building PCS and modifying them! My QTH is Nearly at sea level not ideal for VHF/UHF Activity Equipment used FT77, TS140, TS130s, FT840,FT290RMKII + Transverter FT817 Antenna Full Wave G5RV +MFJ ATU. Latest Equipment used Full wave G5RV PLUS.-40 Metres Linear amp 811H Running300/400watts. Heil HcL4 HC5 Classic pro Desk Mike. NEW Tx FT2000 Carolina Windom MD200 Mike Ameritron 811H Amp New Antenna H-422 Rotary Vee Dipole 10/15 20/40 Metres Ranger 572B Amp Other Antennas Inverted Vee Doublet-/80/160M Homebrew Monoband Dipole- 17M 12Element Yagi- 70cms 8- Element Yagi 2Metres QRV 10Metres-TopBand Hope to Be QRV on 6Metres Soon Ps I Have FOUR Children Mark, Keith Nicola & Melissa Hopefully one of them will carry on Their Great Granddads Call! CQ Zone14 ITUZone 27 EU-115 Grid IO74AN WAB-J36( COUNTY ANTRIM)WAI- 347 Lat: 54d 34m 58s N LONG: 5d 55m58s W

DEAR FRIENDS PLEASE LISTEN FOR ME IN 2011 I WILL BE CALLING CQ 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THIS CALLSIGN A SPECIAL QSL HAS BEEN DESIGNED! :) SWL REPORTS ARE VERY WELCOME AND WILL ALSO RECEIVE THE ANNIVERSARY QSL

FROM

29 April 2011 to 9 May 2011

I Will BE USING THE SPECIAL CALLSIGN

GR3SG

SIGNIFYING THE MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. PRINCE WILLIAM AND MISS CATHERINE MIDDLETON

Please Note The Cards For These QSOs Will Not Be Printed Untill After 9th May To determine How Many are Needed HI : )!

Many TNX For The QSOs Made Using This Callsign 196 Contacts In EU And Some DX Also Many Tnx To Bob VP8LP For The Call You Were My Most Distant DX:)

PLEASE CLICK ON MY HOMEPAGE LINK IN DETAILS SECTION OF QRZ.COM TO ACESS MY OTHER WEBPAGES/PHOTOS/ VIDEOS

WAS 52 WORKED(Mixed Bands)Finally WorkedNEBRASKA! On 10Meters! Tnx K0HA:)WAZ= 40 Worked 20M Prefixes=1000+ IOTAS=334 Worked DXCC= 199 SO FAR:)! Also Enjoy Working Different Prefixes/ Lighthouses On the Air. /Summits On The Air/ Castles On the Air And Now Collecting WAC Stateside /WAB /WAI Anything Radio! Recently Became a Member OF CDXC Chiltern DX Foundation And Have Got Into contesting as Well! And Of Course DXING and Ragchewing When Bands Permit:) 5MHZ NOV Will Be Testing Antennas On This Band Also Now On 4Metres (70MHZ Band) Building Antenna For 6Metres

                                                                                                                                    I WORKED KEN GI3VQ (SK)ON 40Metres He WAS A Good Friend OF POP

        F5FCH Visit 2006                                                               MY OLD SWL Shack 1980s!

                         I HAD THE WONDERFUL PRIVELEGE OF WORKING PAT G3MA (SK) AFTER HIS CW QSO WITH POP IN 1939!

F5FCH Visit 2006                                                                         1939 CallBook Note Ballyclare Street Stroked Out After Blitz!

SOME OF MY OLD SWL PRINT OUTS USING A COMMODORE 64k COMPUTER RS232 INTERFACE AND DOT MATRIX PRINTOUT!!+ FRG7700

BACKGROUND HISTORY OF POP GI3SG

He Began His first use of Radio using A Spark-Gap Generator in the Royal Signals During The 1st world war. He gained His Northern Ireland Experimental Radio licence in 1936.He was involved in receiving Signals and forwarding them on to Bletchley Park For deciphering (The Enigma Code) I recently Received Information That He Worked at A Very Secret DF Location Called Gilnahirk Which Until Recently Could Not Be Divulged ( The 60Year Rule ) He survived a Parachute mine hitting the bottom of his street,and moved to another address, and continued transmitting. His shack was entirely self constructed, and had a huge PA rack mainly consisting of 807 type Valves. he had a very novel way of rotating a yagi beam by a system of pinions and cogs turned by hand inside his shack by a car steering wheel! He was very adept at Morse Code And His party piece was To send With either hand! A Red Light Bulb Illuminated Outside his shack Whilst he Was Transmitting Meaning No Admittance unless Invited! My Mother Had relayed This Info to Me She Was Never Invited! I WAS invited Several Times To Listen As A Small Boy In the 1960s! I Had The Privelege of Inviting My Mother Lily To Transmit Under Supervision recently. Another Tradition Was to Invite SWL reports Which I Continue Also Today. Sadly he Passed away on the 13th of April 1976.And is greatly Missed. My uncle John Martin Junior, kindly gave me a collection of POPs old QSL Cards Which I Treasure, They Consist of Old 2 Prefix Calls G4,G3, ECT and I am in the process of archiving them in JPEG Format.( Which I will be happy to share with other fellow Hams.) I will update this site when this is complete. Dear Friends, Please Note I Now have Completed The QSL archive, I thought it more Practical to Burn them onto a Cdrom Which i will gladly send a copy to any radio club or fellow ham if requested.either Email meOr drop Me A Postcard I will be Happy to oblidge PPS! With Now Having Broadband all the cards are now on The hperlinked Website and can be Downloaded! prior to this i was using Dialup Hi!! Re Direct cards please note that any station kind enough to send a Direct QSL Requires NO Postage Or SAEs For return! I also return any cards Direct from Europe/DX By Airmail also! always Glad to receive any SWL Reports and Will Be Returned 100%!! I Have Now finally Got Around to Interfacing the FT840 to My Computer!! Now QRV on BPSK 31.SEE YOU ON MY WATERFALL!!

CUAGN SN OM DE MARTIN GI3SG 73s To YOU AND YOUR FAMILY Martin GI3SG

In Memory Of POP John Martin GI3SG 1936

In Memory Of James (Jim) Martin My Uncle

In Memory Of John Martin JNR My Uncle

In Memory Of My Dear Mother Lily nee Martin

            ONDES MAGAZINE ARTICLE WRITTEN BY MY DEAR FRIEND PHILLIPE F5FCH RE "THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON" EN FRANCAIS OF COURSE!

A VISIT FROM KEN GI4ERM                                                                             MY 1st VERY QRS CW CONTACT With M0AVH:) MNI TNX DAVID

                                      A FEW OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS( ANOTHER HOBBY OF MINE) Digital And 35MM SLR

DEAR FRIENDS IF YOU GO TO www.cqfriends.com AND TYPE IN MY CALLSIGN YOU CAN FIND MY ON-LINE LOGBOOK! Vy 73 Martin

PLEASE USE THIS LINK TO VIEW POPS QSL CARDS http://gi3sg.piczo.com/popsqslcardarchive?cr=7&linkvar=000044

FROM

5TH MAY 2012 To 10TH June

I WILL BE USING THE SPECIAL CALLSIGN

GQ3SG

FOR THE PURPOSE OF MARKING THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF THE ACCESSION

OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

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FROM

21st JULY 2012 To 9TH SEPTEMBER 2012

I WILL BE USING THE SPECIAL CALLSIGN

GO3SG

FOR THE PURPOSE OF MARKING THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES

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