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Welcome to G4ILO's Shack. I am Julian Moss, a UK licensed amateur radio operator or radio ham. G4ILO is my radio callsign. If you don't know what amateur radio is, see my article What is amateur radio?

Above you can see my radio room, which we hams call the shack. Due to restrictions on outside antennas and other local difficulties I operate a stealth amateur radio station. All my antennas are hidden from outside view in the attic of our small house and I mostly use low power to avoid the risk of interference.

One of the aims of this website is to show some of the things you can do with ham radio even if circumstances dictate that you must operate covertly. If you like the site, let me know by leaving a message in the Visitors Book. Thank you! For more information about me and my station see About G4ILO.

In 2009 I began writing G4ILO's Blog. In June 2011 I learned that I have an incurable brain tumour. I started another blog, One Foot in the Grave, to write about my battle against this cancer. Due to my illness I regret that I am not always able to reply to every email I receive.

Fraud Alert!

I thought this was so important I put it on the front page. Many hams have been ripped off by fraudsters who respond to ham radio Wanted ads claiming to be a radio amateur and offering to sell the item you are looking for. This is distressing for both the victim and the amateur whom the fraudster impersonates to try to make the offer look genuine.

Common factors in these fraud attempts:

• The seller uses an email address different from the one posted on qrz.com.
• The seller requires payment using an insecure service such as Western Union or MoneyGram.

If you are suspicious of an offer there are a few things you can try to see if the offer is genuine:

• Contact the seller using the email address published on qrz.com or elsewhere.
• Request photos of the item. If sent, check they are not stolen images from manufacturer web pages or other websites.
• Ask the seller for a phone number as you have some questions about the item.
• Ask for an address as you would like to see the item, pay cash and collect.

If the seller has a cock and bull story for being unable to comply with your request then you can be sure it's a scam.

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