Welcome to my Website, of my hobby ShortWave, MW and FM Dxing my name is Mark Borthwick and I live and work in the Scottish Borders near the small town of Melrose about 45 miles South of the City of Edinburgh.  I mainly focus on the ShortWave, MW and FM/TV bands.

The main modes of operation are SSB, AM, FM, SSTV, PSK31, RTTY, CW, NAVTEX and HF FAX.

HF Equipment

JRC NRD-545 DSP receiver

Microtelecom Perseus SDR  + Palstar AA30

Tecsun PL-660 Portable

HF Antennas

15x40x15 ft EWE\Flag Hybrid beaming 306deg

18x38 ft KAZ beaming 330 deg

VHF and TV DX Equipment

Uniden UBC 780XLT

Sony ST-SB920 modified for FM Dxing

JVC CX-610ME for TV dxing

VHF and TV DX Antennas

Home-made Ground plane 30ft high and EWE\Flag Hybrid

PC Software 

JVComm32, HRD and MMSTV

Please enjoy this video player from my YOUTUBE page it has videos of me dxing on the ShortWave and MWDX bands