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Adam Farson
Retired Telecom Engineer
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In Memoriam: George T. Baker, W5YR

Educational and professional
University of Cape Town, South Africa: BSEE 1963, MSEE 1971
Senior Life Member, IEEE: June 2021

Hobbies and activities
Amateur Radio - callsigns AB4OJ, VA7OJ
First licensed as ZS1ZG in 1962
HF: 80 through 10 metres SSB/CW
6m: SSB/FM
2m/70cm: FM
View my current shack

Feature links

Press Release: Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde Awarded 2021 Germany Cross of Merit
Press Release: Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde Receives 2020 IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation Award
IEEE Award Letter
First steps in Ham Radio; military surplus, homebrew & the early days
QSO Today interview, hosted by by Eric Guth 4Z1UG
Our very active local club: North Shore Amateur Radio Club (NSARC) Legacy website
Mirror list of my NSARC presentations
Visit the Icom Page
Check out the Yaesu Quadra page
Quadra specifications, reviews, FAQ's and transceiver interfaces
The new Test & Measurement page, including NPR testing of receivers
List of my User Reviews & Test Reports
Tokyo Hy-Power Manuals
Solid-state amplifier design considerations
The Automatic Antenna Tuners & Couplers page
The Autotuner as Preselector
View the Perseus SDR page
VOACAP Online Coverage and Point-to-Point Predictions - the user-friendliest VOACAP version yet!

FUNKAMATEUR - das Magazin für Funk - Elektronik - Computer

Other activities
Music - anything from the 3rd to the 19th century
Maintaining a home and garden (a full-time job!)

Computers & Internet
Running a small Win7/Win10 intranet
Website design
Internet stuff

Downloads
Download some neat goodies!

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