Biography

Glenn McLeod:

I was born on 19 April 1944. My interests are Amateur Radio, specialized collection of Canadian Centenial Stamps, Scuba Diving Instruction, Flying Competitive Model RC gliders in the F3J, Thermal duration catagoies and cross country racing.

I am now a widower and live at Amica retirement home. I was married to Francine for 53 years before she passed away from cancer. I have 4 children Brian, David, and twin daughters Marisa and Jennifer. I am the proud grandfather of 6, Sean, Ian, Elliana, Matthew, Emily and Liam.

I was originally licenced as VO1DV in 1978 My current radio interests include RTTY contesting, FT8 and DXing on RTTY, PSK31, CW and SSB.

In 2000 I was awarded the Amateur Radio Operator of the Year for Canada for a world record Field Day, the award was possible because of the work of many people not just me.

I retired from the Communications Research Centre in 2004. This was a second career for me as I had spent 26 years in the Royal Canadian Airforce and Canadian Forces. I retired from the Military in 1988.

73 Glenn VE3GLN, VA3ZL, Ex VE3MPR and VO1DV.

Equipment

My station is made up of the following radios FTDX 101D, a FLEX 8600M, a FTDX 10, FT 891(POTA), FTX 1 Optima (POTA), FT 100D, FT5D, FT65, Any Tone 878IIPlus, Flex PG XL Amp, Flex TG Tuner, ACOM 1200S Amp, ACOM 06AT Tuner and a Openspot 4 Pro for DSTAR. My antenna farm is made up of a Palomar EFRW 155 feet long, a MFJ Mag Loop 40m thu 15m a diamond GP3 and finally a MLA-30+ receiving loop