Biography

Hey all, My name is Dale Lane, I started playing around Ham Radio in the mid 70's. I helped some older hams working with them on their towers, rotors & antennas. Thus over the years I became very interested in radio. At that time it was the peak of the 11 meter (CB) days! Not having a lot of money, I purchased my first radio: Midland 40ch SSB & 3 Elements Antenna. And In January 1994, a friend, ( VO1VXC ) and I got the books to study for our radio license. In April 1994 we passed the exam. At this time we became very active on 2 Meters with handheld and mobile radios. I moved from Newfoundland to western Canada in 1997 and I started working in the Oil Fields and didn't do anything with radio for about 5 or 6 years. Over the years of not being around radio, Industry Canada changed some Regulations for Amateur Radio Operators licensed prior to April 2, 2002. This meant I was grandfathered and opened a whole new world of radio for me. In June 2012, I purchased my first HF Radio and have been enjoying radio all over again!!

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FTdx-3000,Mic MD-100 FOR BOTH Radio's ftdx10,ACOM 1000HF/6M AMPLIFIER, High Gain TH11DX at 19m OR 64FT TURNED WITH A Yaesu G-1000DXA Rotor on a Trylon T700 Tower Also TWO DIPOLE Antennas for 40 and 80m at 17M, Yaesu FT-857D Mobile with ATAS-120 Antenna Yaesu FT-2980R/E for 2M with a Cushcraft 13B2 AT 8M