Licensed in 1957 in Ontario Canada. Original call VE3CFQ. Advanced Amateur license obtained in 1958. Call changed to VE2AHT in 1961 when I relocated to Montreal Quebec. Transferred to Vancouver BC in 1971 and assigned present call VE7AHT. First Transmitter was a Heathkit AT1 with outboard Heathkit VFO. Present rig is an Icom 7700 with a backup/portable Icom 746 feeding a Butternut Vertical. Other hobbies include Radio Controlled electric model aircraft and RV camping operating portable using a Buddipole antenna.