CDXC Committee 2007/2008President: Neville Cheadle, G3NUGChairman Five Star DXers Association. Team Leader 1998 9M0C Spratly Is., 2001 D68C Comoro Is., 2004 3B9C Rodrigues Is. and 2007 St Brandon Is DXpeditions. 366 DXCC countries and 950+ IOTA island groups confirmed. Several mini-DXpeditions to Malaysia. Former member of RSGB Council, Management and various other committees. Former Chairman RSGB HF Committee and HF Convention Organising Committee, Manager of the “IOTA 2000” Programme. Joint Editor of “DXpeditioning Behind the Scenes”. Director - Island Radio Expedition Foundation. Chairman CDXC: 1994-2001.
Email Neville Chairman: John Butcher, G3LASRetired University teacher and researcher specialising in semiconductor device physics. Licensed in 1956. Spent many years on VHF and UHF, followed by a period of inactivity until "born again" as a keen DX-er in 1995. Now active on all the HF bands, chasing DXCC (343), IOTA (855), US counties (2876) etc. on ssb, cw and rtty. Ex-member of RAFARS (G8FC) and Cambridge University (G6UW) radio clubs. Former Chairman of RSGB Management Committee. Currently member of the RSGB Spectrum Forum and HF Convention Organising Committee. Committee Chairman and Checkpoint for IOTA award programme. CDXC Chairman since 2001. Web Page: www.johnbutcher.net.
Email John Secretary: Chris Duckling, G3SVLStarted SWL-ing on the broadcast bands around the age of 13 and, as legend has it, stumbled across an amateur signal soon after. I passed my morse and RAE at the age of 15 and with the exception of the usual family, career and housing ladder interrupts, have been active on all HF bands and up to 4m ever since. I can usually be found contesting and DXing on the low bands with CW as my primary mode. In 2007 I was part of the FSDXA DX-pedition to 3B7C, St Brandon. Professionally I am a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IET and work as a consultant with directorships of a number of small companies. In 2003 I completed a late-career PhD which, if I use my academic title coupled with my surname, makes me sound like a Walt Disney character! Email Chris Treasurer: Nigel Cawthorne, G3TXFG3TXF has been an active DX chaser and HF contester, mostly on CW, since being first licensed in 1965. G3TXF has taken part in CW DX-Trips to locations in five continents and has operated on HF CW from over 50 countries. Webpage: www.g3txf.com
Email Nigel Digest Editor: Martyn Phillips G3RFXOriginally from Theydon Bois, Essex. Licensed in 1962 at the age of 15. During my first year on the air spent 23 hours out of every 24 on 160m. On-air time in Clifton, Bristol, currently somewhat less. Also licensed as ZB2FX and 8P9FX. Chairman, Bristol RSGB Group; Member, RSGB HF & IOTA Convention Committee and RSGB HF Committee 2000-03. GB2RS newsreader on 80m, 40m and 70cm. Part-time tutor, University of Bristol. Member of the Institute of Linguists. Formerly lecturer in English Phonetics; newsreader, news editor and presenter with the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS). Non-radio interests: languages and lexicography, the Times Crossword, travel, trains and planes, Flight Sim; Bruckner, Elgar, Messiaen; Dire Straits, Queen. Plays the clarinet (badly). Webpage: www.btinternet.com/~g3rfx
Email Martyn Member: Mark Marsden, G4AXXLicensed at 16 in Feb 1972 while still living with his parents in London. In 1976 he completed a BSc at the University of Wales (Swansea) in Electrical Engineering. Mark's work then took him to South Africa. While working for Racal Electronics (Pretoria), as ZS6BQP, he got hooked on contesting, for the first time in the 1979 CQWW SSB contest. In 1981 Mark moved to Cape Town and operated as ZS1QC. Whilst working for Plessey a lot of home-brew amateur projects were built (including a 10W HF multimode transceiver), and a lecture was presented to the Cape Town ARC. Mark married Jacqui in 1983 & completed an MSc at Cape Town University in 1987. Mark & Jacqui moved from Cape Town to the UK in 1990. He joined the Cambridge & District Amateur Radio Club in 1993 and gave a number of lectures there. Various contests were entered notably IOTA in 1993 signing G2XV. In 1997 Mark founded the Granta Contest Group with the club call M0CAM and M4R. In 2004 he was a member of the 7Q7MM DxPedition to Malawi. Mark is a member of the RSGB, CDXC, IET, and is a Consultant with Plextek Ltd, Electronics Design & Consultancy. Webpage: http://g4axx.com
Email Mark Member: Michael Wells, G7VJRMichael is a keen DXer with a particular interest in portable operation and DXpeditioning, and CW. He is currently working through a shortlist of arctic countries to visit and 'activate'. A keen supporter of young people in ham radio, Michael was the chairman of the Cambridge University Wireless Society (G6UW) in 1998 and now looks after the station, which is just down the road from his home. While not on the radio, Michael manages an internet software company, Third Light Ltd., which he founded in 2002. Third Light provides commercial photographic products to media companies around the world. Other software projects have included the 'DXLite' cluster for mobile phones, and the CDXC members-only cluster. Webpage: http://www.g7vjr.org/
Email Michael Member: Gordon Rolland, G3USRGordon is originally from Glasgow and was first licensed under the tutelege of G3GGO as G(M)8AKB while still at school in Croydon, Surrey in the mid 1960s. At that time Gordon enjoyed a mix of HF and VHF activities - his school heroes included Iris and Lloyd Colvin. Family commitments then took priority for many years until he re-discovered Amateur Radio early this century. Since becoming active again, utilising a modest set up, Gordon has become an ardent IOTA enthusiast and has developed a penchant for DX operating both chasing and activating. He has been heard as VP2MSR. In September 2007, he participated in the 3B7C expedition. In addition, Gordon has an emerging interest - writing radio DXpedition and operating articles which you may see in the Digest from time to time. He is a member of RSGB, GMDX, UKSMG, Melton Mowbray ARC and the Grantham Radio Club. Gordon is a Chartered Accountant by profession and has a track record with several UK blue chip corporations in Customer Service, Accounting and IT functions. He is now retired and while not playing radio, he is involved with Rutland Lions Club, enjoys numismatics, travelling and keeping house for his partner, Dawn.
Email Gordon Member: Jim Steel, M0ZAK Radio Communication first held me in its grasp in the Summer of 1977 when a friend introduced me to a Jaws Mark 2 / magmount combination, I was hooked and have been held ever since. Licensed status arrived in 1998 when I passed the novice RAE, gaining the call 2E1GRM. Not wanting to stop there, I worked through the licensing structure to the call I hold today. My interests within the hobby are directed towards the digital modes and I am currently working on RTTY DXCC when time allows. I hold a position within FISTS as the qsl manager for the G*4 series of callsigns and within CDXC as qsl manager for M0C and derived calls, an aspect of the hobby I enjoy tremendously. I'm also part of the British Historic Racing committee where I'm responsible for scoring, maintaining and publishing (on the BHR website) the various championships. Email Jim
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