Hi, I'm Rob Glassey!
If you're having trouble figuring out where I am or where I'm from, don't worry, you're not the only one! I'm from New Zealand originally, and have just returned to New Zealand again after 3.5 years away. Although early experimental work was begun in New Zealand, BTL was developed mostly in the UK and Finland, where I have spent most of my time away. During this time I had a British amateur radio licence, with the callsign G0VTQ, and sometimes added /OH indicating when I was in Finland.
Over the last 6 months I've been "Backpacking" around Scandinavia, Central Europe, Egypt and South West USA, which is another, even more expensive, hobby of mine :-) I find it a fascinating way of exploring the world, with all its history, wonders, and diversity of culture. Maybe one day I'll get some photos scanned and put on the Web.
I'm now "back in business", living in Christchurch, New Zealand (New address), and working on BTL once more. I have reclaimed my old callsign, ZL2AKM, and I'm back on the air (at least I will be by mid Feb).
I've held an amateur radio licence since 1985 when I was ZL2TWQ before quickly upgrading to ZL2AKM (full licence). I got the call G0VTQ in 1995 shortly after I moved to the UK, and since my return to NZ I've reactivated my old call ZL2AKM again. My interests in amateur radio are fairly broad, but mostly of a technical nature. I wrote my first software RTTY modem on a Z80 based home computer in 1986, and have a keen interest in data communications, especially with weak signals, and the more exotic high speed modes and theory.
By profession I'm a RF design engineer, educated to Masters level in electrical and electronic engineering, and most recently worked for a well known cellular telephone company designing RF sections of new digital and analogue cellular phones, and introducing new products into production. These days I'm working full time on BTL, in the hope that my efforts will be rewarded.
Chronologically, I just missed live TV pictures of the first men on the moon.
Cheers,
Rob