Biography

Licenced since May 31, 2019.  Started with 2m/70cm including hotspots for C4FM and DMR.  I am now enjoying HF 180m - 6m and it is exciting to communicate with fellow amateur radio operators around the world.

I am a Net Controller and Assistant Net Manager for ONTARS (Ontario Amateur Radio Service Net) - www.ontars.com 3.755MHz .  Come check in with any of the ONTARS Net Controllers 7 days a week, 7am - 6pm.  I am Net Controller on Tuesday mornings at 08:00 and I fill in for other available opportunities.  It's a fun, friendly place for all amateurs to check in, pass traffic, get a signal report or a short ragchew.  We welcome all Amateurs to check in and join us.

I spent the first 36 years of my life in Kincardine, Ontario and now I live in Mildmay, Ontario.  Mildmay is approximately 2-1/2 hours NNW of Toronto, Ontario or 1 hour south of Owen Sound. We are 30 minutes from the shores of beautiful Lake Huron on Highway #9.  I am located on 8 acres of land in southern Bruce County, Ontario surrounded by Otter creek before it drains into the mighty Saugeen River.

I am a member of Radio Amateurs of Canada, ONTARS, 3640 Net, Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club, Wingnuts7230, ECARS member #30741 and SCARS member #13328 and the Moonlighters.

Fun, wow!  73, thank you for checking out my profile and don't forget to come visit me on ONTARS.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

(2) Yaesu FTM-400XDR (base and mobile). The base QTH is fed to a Diamond X300N antenna. The mobile feeds a Larsen NMO2/70 antenna. Excellent for running WiresX from home to mobile.

Yaesu FT-2900R

Icom IC-7300 fed to a NI4L 270' OCF inverted 'V' wire antenna 30 feet off the ground.

Yaesu FT-450D

Yaesu FT-857D

Yaesu FT-2DR

Yaesu FT-60R (x2)

Vertex VX-150

Hytera AR-482Gi

QYT-8900R

Hotspots are an OpenSpot2 dedicated to C4FM usually listening on Americalink 21080 and a Pi-star dedicated to DMR connected to TGIF server.