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13:23:58 UTC 26 May 2012
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1966 Aug - 1st Licensed as VE3GMQ
1972 Jun - Upgraded to advanced
1985 Jun - 2 letter call sign change to VE3SO
Only operate HF CW. Second call sign VE3BAT (was used for 2M repeater in 80's)
If you wish a QSL card I now only QSL direct.
Operate mostly on 40. Enjoy all HF bands. Not interested in contests.
Stations:
- Elecraft K3 :KPA500 : Dentron Super Super Tuner
- Ten-Tec Paragon II : Henry 2KD (original) : Ten-Tec Model 238 Tuner
Antenna Setup:
- Pair phased 40M verticals on top of all metal garage in woods (see diagram below)
- 92 foot (28 meters) Delhi guyed tower in woods 150 feet from house (since November1977)
- TH11DX @ 92 feet (since 1994)
- 220' Inv.V @ 65 feet 600 ohm open wire feed line
SKCC 380 / FISTS 4559 / CC 585
Live in the country on a 2.2 acre wooded lot on the St Lawrence river approximately 4 miles west of Brockvillle Ontario (60 miles south of the capital of Canada - Ottawa). Elizabethtown is actually a township that surrounds the closest very small city of Brockville. Nearest neighbor is 200' away. The tower is located 150' from the house.
TH11DX being raised up in 1994
Tower base looking north. The grey box contains rotor control cable surge suppressors. The black box is RCS-4 antenna switch used for the 2 phased 40 meter verticals. 
This picture show the pressure treated 2x4 (8' long) that is used as a standoff for wire antennas. It is located at approx. 75' level. Nylon ropes go through 3/4" holes in the ends of the 2x4. No pulley's to fail. 
Elizabethtown is located 60 miles south of Ottawa the capital of Canada.
This region was hit hard by the Ice Storm of 1998. The QSL card shows
the kind of damage that severe ice storms can inflict on trees and antennas.
Believe it or not, these trees survived the storm.
Original QSL card from 1969
QSL card from 1978
VE3SO from 1978
VE3SO from 2010. As of March 2011 I have sold Omni6+, Titan 2 and still have Paragon 2 and Henry 2k for Backup.
VE3SO January 2011
Paddle Scheunemann Einhebel (Single Lever)
My original call was VE3GMQ. Here is a picture of my station in 1967.
Heathkit HR-10 & DX-60A rockbound on 40M CW.
Here is a better picture of me in the spring of 1967 holding a QSL card from Montreal World Fair EXPO67
Notice the Verticals on either end of the all metal garage:
Verticals on garage looking west from near tower base.
Verticals on all metal garage looking east. Notice the tower behind the garage and the
east most vertical in line with it.
View from Tower of my 40M verticals mounted on either end of the garage.
The one on the bottom of the picture is more visible. the other one is obscured by the pine tree.
600 ohm open wire feedline from shack on outside wall of house. Used for 270' inverted vee.
The top box is a 600 ohm surge/lightning protector & static discharge from ICE.
The middle two black items are switches. These are commonly used on electric fences.
The bottom box is a 10kW 1-to-1 balun
Open wire shows on top going through woods to wire antenna on tower.
Total length of feedline is 300 feet.
The black cable below the open wire is other coax feedlines to the tower.
PLEASE NOTE!
I am not the QSL manager for any other station, foreign or domestic.
Cards sent here on behalf of other stations will be discarded.
73 and as all ways CW for Ever de peter VE3SO
Please note that I am NOT a QSL Manager for anyone including ZD8D. Any QSL cards sent to me for ZD8Z will be trashed.
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