I grew up in the countryside and became used to physical work at an early age. I worked in the Whaling Station in Hvalfjordur for 7 summer seasons and during winters I worked at sea as a deckhand on various fishing vessels and trawlers.

I learned Wire and Rope Splicing (Ships Rigging) and worked in this specialist trade for several years. I drove Taxis for a few years and I got my Amateur licence in 1984. I worked for a while at the TFA and TFT Coast Stations – Ship to Shore service as a radio operator and I served as a Field Service Officer with the UN from 1991 to 2003.

I joined the UN Field Service as a Radio Officer, and I performed Rigging duties as well which resulted in me becoming a Radio Technician. I worked in this field on HF, VHF and on Microwave systems planning and installations.

I served in South Lebanon, Former Yugoslavia, the Republic of Abkhazia and in East Timor.

I experienced more than my share of shootings and artillery fire.

I saw the World and it shot at me.   I have high frequency hearing loss with the result that I find that I like to copy CW at a very low pitch – 300Hz or less.

In East Timor, while on assignment in the Enclave of Oecussi, I suffered heat exhaustion followed by a tropical illness, most likely Dengue Fever or possibly Malaria, which resulted in permanent heart damage (Bundle Branch Block and dilated cardiomyopathy).

I was in a coma for three days and as it turned out, I survived the illness although it left me very weak. I have still not recovered and may never recover fully.

I suffered a MI (Heart Attack) a week after I returned to Iceland and the doctors put me on Sick-Leave.
I have subsequently retired from the UN for health reasons.

I have moved to a remote area of Iceland, where I hope to recharge my batteries with hard physical work and fresh air.  As a property owner I have declared my independence from metropolitan chaos and escaped to a quiet, secluded, enriched life.

I am licking my wounds in the back woods so to speak, attempting to forget my time in the UN.

I am planting a forest on my farm and we have already planted more than 40,000 saplings. The ten year plan calls for 300,000 saplings to be planted in 110 hektares of land. My farm is 1500 hektares of land, comprised of a valley with a small river down the middle and the mountains on each side.

I have built several Rhombic antennas – Arctic Diamonds – and I enjoy these legendary antennas very much. The location is very quiet and I can literally hear a pin drop on the far end of the world.

I am able to fire my antennas out of the valley by careful siting of the antennas and by using long lines of open wire feeders which have very low losses.