Born in Great Britain and came to Canada in 1947.Now retired, working life spent in communications business until 2003. First licensed in Winnipeg, Manitoba May 24, 1957 as VE4SW.Changed one year later to VE4XJ until 1980(apart from 3 years 1967 to 1970 in Regina, Sask. as VE5XJ) Moved to B.C. in January 1980 and had call VE7EXJ for 5 years until receiving VE7CT in 1985.. WAZ, WAS,DXCC mixed 340/370 honor roll DXCC-QRP and DXCC 160 meters (not so easy from the Pacific Northwest). Preference is DX-ing and cw.

Team member of the following Dx-peditions:  

1990 3D2AM - Conway Reef

2000 K5K - Kingman Reef

2005 K7C - Kure Atoll

2007 VU7RG - Agatti Is. Lakshadweep Group

2009 K5D - Desecheo Is.

2010 PJ6A - Saba Island (10/10/2010 New Entity)

2012 - HK0NA - Malpelo Is.

2014 FT5ZM - Amsterdam Is.

2015 - T2TT and 3D2RJ  Tuvalu and Fiji respectively, a 'holiday' type expedition.

Except for Malpelo Island, Tuvalu and Fiji Islands, all of the above entities were in the world's top ten most wanted at the time. Malpelo was ranked number 12.

Nothing gives me more pleasure than to give the Deserving an all-time new one.

Equipment used at home consists of an FT1000, Ten-Tec Orion II and a K3 with P3 pan-adapter as transceivers. Alpha 9500 and Elecraft KPA500 amplifiers.

Antennas are a Cushcraft 40CD-2 two element 40 m yagi at 90 feet (27.4 m)

SteppIR 3 element Yagi at 85 feet (25.9 m)

30m two element full size home brew yagi at 80 feet (24.4 m)

All stacked on one tower. Plus 80 meter dipole and two 80 m elevated verticals phased with 4 each elevated radials plus an elevated inverted L for 160 with a single counterpoise radial..

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