PORTISHEAD RADIO - GKA
THE WORLD'S PREMIER
MARITIME RADIO COAST STATION
1ST JULY 1928 - 30TH APRIL 2000
Myself and my three 'little angels' - Alex, Mark and Kieran, Corfu 2006
BORN: 12 DECEMBER, 1959 - BRISTOL, ENGLAND.
EDUCATED: QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL, BRISTOL 1971-1976, BRUNEL TECHNICAL COLLEGE, BRISTOL, 1976-1979. QUALIFIED RADIO OFFICER AND RADAR TECHNICIAN.
WORK: BBC MONITORING SERVICE, CAVERSHAM PARK 1979-1980, PORTISHEAD RADIO STATION (GKA) 1980-1995, BT SATELLITE SERVICES 1995-2001, EDITOR OF ALRS VOLUME 6 (UK HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE) 2002-PRESENT.
Myself (top right) at the UKHO Radio Signals Office, with (L-R) ex-GKA R/Os Clive Puttock, Des Thompson and Brian Robertson.
STATUS: MARRIED TO MICHELLE SINCE 1991, 3 BOYS (ALEX, KIERAN AND MARK). I LIVE IN BURNHAM-ON-SEA, SOMERSET.
HOBBIES: COLLECTING RECORDS AND CDS, PLAYING CRICKET AND GUITAR (NOT AT THE SAME TIME!), AND AM A LICENSED RADIO AMATEUR (G4HLN). ALSO BUSY RESEARCHING MY FAMILY HISTORY, AND GIVE LECTURES ON GENEALOGY.
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