Mike has been involved in radio and electronics since his childhood days. Following a 42-year career with BT, Mike—who was first licensed as G8HHA—turned to computing in the early 70s where he experimented with radio data links between his Compukit UK101 and a friend’s TRS-80.

That spurred him on to get his Full licence, G4WNC, where he has maintained an interest in digital modes. Mike’s writing career began some 25 years ago when he took over the PW RTTY column from Ron Ham and has been writing reviews and regular columns for many radio magazines including RadCom. His latest endeavour has been the well-received bookRaspberry Pi Explained for Radio Amateurs, published by the RSGB.

Mike wrote an article in the RSGB magazine RadCom in March 2021 on the ZumSpot RPi Digital voice hotspot. He will be presenting an introduction to the ZumSpot and accessing digital radio networks for the amateur