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NOTE: For those mailing me, my name has nothing to do with a 'Loan'. As any
name, 'Ioan' - pronounced 'e-won' with the accent on the second vowel - begins
with a CAPITAL LETTER and is in Romanian what 'John' is in English, 'Jean' in
French, 'Juan' in Spanish, 'Johan' in German, 'Ivan' in Russian, etc. If it
confuses you, feel free to leave it out.
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I was born and raised in Romania, and hold a PhD in Physics. The above photo
was taken by Peter (VK6APW) in Norman's (VK6GOM) shack near Perth, Western
Australia (Nov. 2002).
My first contact with this wonderful hobby was through my father, Septimius
'Ionel' (Lionel) Trifu. A professional engineer, YR5TI before WW2, he was one
of the founders in 1936 and the first Secretary of the Romanian Short Waves
Amateur Association. Later on, in 1946, he was among the twelve hams who
founded the first post WW2 Association and signed an official petition to the
authorities for the reinstatement of the amateur radio activity in Romania.
Retired In 1967, he became YO3TU and was a frequent presence on the CW portion
of the bands for almost 20 years.
YO3-2388 since 1968, I was later licensed as YO3YC. Interested in both
contesting and DXing, member of the YODXC, DXCC and IOTA, I kept my YO 1st
class license and callsign after I moved to Canada with my family in April
1992.
I operate as VE3LYC since late 1995 and hold the DXCC Honor Roll (335 MIXT, 334
SSB, 332 CW), 9BDXCC, WAZ (SSB, CW), 5BWAZ, IOTA Plaque of Excellence (946/938
IOTAs), and the Antarctica Award Honor Roll. Since February 2005 I am QRV in
digital modes (DXCC 217/208), and since September same year on 160 m (DXCC
149/148). I was elected member of the A1-Op Club in 2008.
The difficulties associated with putting on the air some of the most remote
islands on Earth, usually for only a very short period of time, and sometimes
under precarious propagation conditions make the island chasing a remarkable
challenge. As such, I particularly enjoy the IOTA program. I obtained the IOTA
2000 and 2004 Gold Level Certificates, the only ones issued to a Canadian and
North American station, respectively. I enjoy travel and had the chance and
pleasure of visiting over 50 DXCCs on six continents. As a Pilot station I
assisted the teams who put on the air Cham Is. (AS-162, 2002), Pamban Is.
(AS-173, 2004) and Rennell Is. (SA-094, 2005). Together with Ken (G3OCA), I
activated Finger Hill Is. (NA-194, Aug 2008) and Paul Is. (NA-205, Aug 2008) as
VO2A.
I am the QSL manager for ONLY the following operations:
VIA DIRECT OR BUREAU: VO2A (NA-194 and 205, Aug 2008);
VIA DIRECT OR BUREAU: VE2/W2NTJ (Zone 2/2001-2003); VY0/W2NTJ (NA-159 &
NA-196/2000,2003; NA-173/2000-2003).
VIA DIRECT ONLY: ES0/RZ1AK (EU-034/2002); ES1/RZ1AK (2002); ES8/RZ1AK
(EU-178/2002); RK1A/P (EU-133/2002); UE1CLH (RLE-11/2002).
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