Biography

Doron Tal (Tirkel) Started Hamming in the early 1960's as a listener, licensed 1964 (class C), 1965 (General).

QTH Locator: KM72PW since 1984 (FN20QH 1990-1992)

Summary of Amateur Radio Activity:

* 1964 QRP CW Novice - 4X4NXM (within 6 months worked 870 different stations in 83 countries)
* 1965-1970 CW, AM - 80, 40, 20, 10 and 2 meters
* 1966 The first 2m AM QSO from Haifa, Israel to Larnaka, Cyprus, using 16dBi pseudo Horn Aerial
* 1970-1978 CW, SSB - All Bands HF, CW, AM, NFM - VHF (2m); unique aerials for VHF
* 1972 July-August PA9UV - SSB @ Evoluon (Philips), Eindhoven, Netherland
* 1974-1990 All modes / All Bands - HF, VHF TCP/IP; Developing HAM Gadgets, RDF
* 1983 Wrote the first CW T/R software on Commodore 64
* 1990-1992 operating 4X4XM/W2 from NJ, USA (HF SSB)
* 1990-1994 NSFNET & Packet Radio based BBS
* 1992-1997 UHF and SHF experiments
* Since 1994 on INterNuT
* 2020 comeback in retirement, webSDR, SHF experiments

Equipment: Homebrew - modifications of used RIG and spare junk

Education: 1977 Msc. Physics (Molecular Physics, Physical Chem., Electro-Optics)

Specialties: Scientific Research, R&D, Sys Analysis, Management, Planning, Audit, Arbitration, Expert Witness

Occupation:

* R&D Physics 1973-1982, 1990-1997
* System Engineering 1982-1997
* Project Manager 1987-1990
* Expert Whitness 1997-2014
* Control Board / member of Audit Committees, since 2006 until today
* Partly Retired, since 2014

Interests:

* Radio Ham - since 1960 - focus on Experimentation and Self-training
* Genealogy - since 1997
* Public Health, Environmental Protection - since 2004 - EM Radiation Hazards
* Social Justice, Political Correctness - since 2005
* Cooperation and Regulation of Israeli Civil NGOs - since 2007
* Israeli Singing Groups - since 2012

Equipment

Homebrew, modifications of spare junk and used RIG