Hello and thanks for looking up my call on QRZ.com.

Name is Don and I have been an swl since I was about 10 years old,I built crystal radios and short wave radio recievers from Radio Shack kits and that got me interested in amateur radio. Have been licensed since 1994 and I am active on H.F VHF and UHF.

I am a Member of The Avalon Radio Amateur Club( A.V.R.A.C) here in St.John's Newfoundland and serve as a director on the executive.We are the official Canadian Red Cross amateur radio group in Newfoundland.Also, I am a member of Radio Amateurs of Canada and ARES.

My station consists of a KenwoodTS570D for H.F.MFJ--962-D H.F antenna tuner,an Icom IC290H 2m All mode transciever,A Kenwood TM-271A 2m mobile I use daily in one of my vehicles,a Realistic HTX202 2m handheld and a HTX 404 70cm handheld,a HTX212 2m mobile in my other vehicle.

Antennas for H.F a G5RV and a 20 meter dipole and working on a 40m dipole as well. On VHF, a Sinclair SRL201C ground plane at the shack,Mobile,2m 1/4 wave on one vehicle and the other vehicle a 2m/70cm glass mount antenna.

Amateur radio is still and will be a viable resource for the future and it is because of amateur radio experimentation,radio and television and all forms of modern telecommuniations have been able to evolve and to provide emergency backup when disater strikes and all commercial infastructure is compromised.73,Don , VO1XH