Name and DOB: Michael Cheng Born in 1979 Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) or Wollongong, New South Wales (NSW) in Australia.

Education: Current: B.Eng(Elec) at the Uni of Wollongong. Yr 11-12: Lake Tuggeranong College. Yr 7-10: Alfred Deakin High.

Hobbies and Interests:

• Amateur Radio (callsign VK1ZMC)
• CB Radio (callsign 252 or ACREM 35)
• Electronics
• Computers
• Emergency Services and Management
• First Aid (hold a St John Senior First Aid Cert)
• I'm a member of:
  • IEEE (Institute Of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
  • IEAust (Institute Of Engineers Australia)
  • WIA (Wireless Institute of Australia VK1 Division)
  • WICEN (the Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network)
  • ACREM (Aust Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors - callsign ACREM 35 Illawarra).

• Anything Radio, Electronics, Computer or Electrical!
• Emergency services (they do a great job!)
• Listening to music on the 'normal' radio
• Watching television
• The World Wide Web :)
• Light and optics (in particular those that flash!)
• Power lines and HV towers - it powers my equipment!
• Antenna farms and towers - means radio comms is about!
• Aquatic animals (fish, tortoises etc).
• Theatre Lighting and Sound
• Helping others
• Unix

• Windows 95
• Macintosh
• Spam (the newsgroup one!)
• Slow internet connections (anything less than ISDN)
• Pay TV and shareware programs
  
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