I started in Amateur Radio as a teenager in the 70s while living in the former Czechoslovakia. I used to be passionate about contesting and DXing.

In 1986 I immigrated to Canada, where I immediately got my license, VE3VEE, but I also started a family and my interests changed. I was basically QRT for over a quarter of a century.

Now I'm trying to return to this hobby. I erected a vertical on the ground of my backyard. It works, but it is completely, in all directions, surrounded by two-story houses, so it doesn't work too well. But it's fun to be back on the air!