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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' 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 1995 and hold the DXCC Honor Roll (334/333 MIXT,
333/332 SSB, 331/330 CW), 8BDXCC, WAZ (SSB, CW), 5BWAZ, IOTA Plaque of
Excellence (926/914 IOTAs), and the Antarctica Award Honor Roll. Since February
2005 I am QRV in RTTY (189/149 DXCC), and since September same year on 160 m
(137/126 DXCC).
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 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). I am also the VE checkpoint for
the Antarctica Award programme.
I am the QSL manager for ONLY the following operations:
VIA DIRECT: ES0/RZ1AK (EU-034/2002); ES1/RZ1AK (2002); ES8/RZ1AK (EU-178/2002);
RK1A/P (EU-133/2002); UE1CLH (RLE-11/2002);
VIA DIRECT OR BUREAU: VE2/W2NTJ (Zone 2/2001-2003); VY0/W2NTJ (NA-159 &
NA-196/2000,2003; NA-173/2000-2003).
Updated: August 10, 2007
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