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

In Memoriam: George T. Baker, W5YR

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

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
RF Seismograph - a live, off-air HF propagation tool by Alex Schwarz VE7DXW
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!

Buster
In Memoriam, 18.12.2012 - 27.10.2019

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