Welcome to the home page of G4ATA (& G8DYT).
Hi, my name is John Hotchin and this web site is to tell you a little about me and my interests. Hopefully you will find some of it fun and some of it informative. G4ATA probably means nothing to a lot of people - it is my Amateur Radio callsign, hence G4ATA.CO.UK.
I have three main interests - Ham Radio, my classic Mini and my motorcycle, a Suzuki GSF1200 Bandit. This list is not exhaustive and not necessarily in that order!!
The buttons at the bottom of the page will take you to relevant sections of the site and it's all pretty self-explanatory.
My Ham Radio News
I now also have the call G8DYT. G8DYT was my father's original callsign and I have had it re-issued to me and intend to just use it for contest operations. I put in a single band entry for the CQ WPX contest 2008 using this call.
Latest News
February 2009 - Received certificate for 1st place in the 2008 CQ WW WPX SSB, England Division, single operator, single band 80m. #8 in Europe and #13 in the world.
I have the honour of being the first "DX" station featured on Comtek's web site.
Click here for the full 4-Square story.
The 4-Square pages and information has generated quite a lot of interest and has contributed to plans for other hams to erect their own 4-Square arrays in North America, Europe and Australia. If I can be of any help or you would like any additional information or photographs please do not hesitate to contact me - my e-mail address is shown below.... or give me a shout on 80m!
Click on the link here for details of 4-Squares in the UK and around the world - this site is in it's infancy so please visit and if you would like your 4-square to be featured then please send details as requested on the site.
As of 1st June 2009 my DXCC total on 80m is 173 - since 1st September 2007 (all SSB).
As of 1st June 2009 my WAS total on 80m is 48 - since 1st September 2007 (all SSB). The states I need are ID &ND. If anyone from any of these states would like to arrange a sked please e-mail me 
Now working 40m with a pair of phased, elevated quarter wave verticals.
Ameritron AL-811 replaced with a Dentron MLA-2500B.
As of 22nd June 2009 my DXCC total on 40m is 84 ... not many I know but I only started working 40m in April 2009.
Latest DX worked In May 2009 on 40m - OX3KQ, T70A, ZW8BBC, CO6LC, OD5LN, FM5DN, ZL3GS, ZL3AAU, VK2DD, VK7GK, JA5AQC, AA3GZ, W2VP, ZL4IR, VK3HJA/M, YV5JF, 7Z1CQ, 5B4AIX, 8P6JQ, LU5FC, FM5WE, YC6NE, YY5UJR, V44KJ, WP4CTD, KP4QY, 9Y4D, YY5COR, OH0/SM3TLG, TK/IZ5FDD, 4X6KA, TF3SG, PY1NB, 5B4AHK, PT9KK, PJ2LS, 8P6GU, 8P6EX/M, J69C, 4Z5KA, K6OKW, J88CU and so far in June 2009 on 40m - 8P6DV, CM7SN, W5IZN, KP2YL, VK3IO, VK3HJ, VK7ROY, VK2DD, VK5QG, VK7IF, CO7NO, 8P6GU, YY5DJR, VK6WC, YV2BYT, XE1REM, 8P6ER, A41LD, FM5BH, LU2FCB, PS8CC, PY6HD, CE1UGE, PJ2/PE2B. On 80m VK3PA, VK7ZOO, PP5EG
Worked the CQ WW WPX 2009 - single band 80m entry again, 796 QSO's, 463 prefixes and 911647 pts.
New - search my online log. Enter your callsign in the box below and click "Search Log"
Log contains 5850 QSO's between 21st August 2007 and 22nd June 2009.
Online log courtesy of http://dx.qsl.net
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