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SITE UPDATES Nov 28, 2007. New Hints and Kinks re: HP8640 Number 14: "HINTS AND KINKS": Sept 18, 2007. Information requested regarding RFI Sweeper. International RFI Sources. July 20, 2007. Information added to a link regarding a 4 element quad. Six-Meters. July 16, 2007. Information regarding manuals for the HP8640. "HINTS AND KINKS" June 9, 2007. Added picture of VE7CA's new antennas shown below. December 18, 2006. New Receiver Front End and Measurements. "NEW FRONT END" December 4, 2006. New VFO details: "VFO and FREQUENCY CONTROL" . November 11, 2006: "Hint and Kinks", Instructions on calibrating HP-8640B output frequency. August 30, 2006: Added Crystal Filter design features. see Design Utility. August 30, 2006: Added VFO Incremental Tuning Bias Design. see Design Tools. June 30, 2006: Added bias & feedback network design for bipolar transistors. see Design Tools. May 12, 2006: Added Antennas and Propagation Calculator, see Design Tools. April 1, 2006: QEX publishes article titled: Perfecting a QSK System, see QEX Mar-06, Perf. QSK. March 1, 2006: QST publishes article on HBR-2000 Transceiver, see Homebrew HBR2000. Febuaary 2, 2006. New Hints and Kinks for the HP8640. "HINTS AND KINKS" December 19, 2005: Added dimensions for a 6 Meter 3 Element Quad, see. Six-Meters.
When I was 16 years old I obtained my ham radio licence and was assigned the call VE7BGE.
(My first Ham Station)
After high school I attended Room 19 in the City of Vancouver, BC and obtained my 2nd Class
Commercial Radio Licence. Upon graduating I obtained work as a commercial radio operator and
weather observer at Spring Island, BC off the west coast of Vancouver Island at a Loran Station.
I was later transferred to Smithers BC, then served for one year at the worlds most northerly
city, Alert NWT. After returning from the arctic, I was transfered to Terrace BC and finally
to a Canadian weather ship named, The Stonetown, stationed off the West Coast of British Columbia.
In 1967 I decided to return to school and enrolled in general sciences at the the University of
British Columbia, (UBC). While at UBC I was a active member of the university ham club called
HAMSOC.
(Hamsoc FD 1967),
(1986 HAMSOC Reunion),
(1992 HAMSOC Reunion),
(1995 HAMSOC Reunion).
During my second year at university I met my future wife, Gaye. We were married in 1969. We lived in
Cranbrook BC from 1973 until 1980 when we moved to North Vancouver, BC where we have lived every since.
In 1979 I was issued a two letter call, VE7CA.
We have one daughter and two sons. Our daughter and youngest son are married and we are blessed
with six grandchildren, 2 girls and 4 boys.
 I continue to be active operating mostly CW, chasing DX, looking for new grids on 6 meters and entering contests under the QRP category. I have a strong interest in antennas and have published 4 articles on antenna designs that I have developed. See the above menu for further details regarding my homebrew antenna projects. Antennas: 160 meter quad loop with half diameter of loop in vertical plane and the other half in the horizontal plane. 3 Element 40 - 10 meter Steppir Yagi at 62 feet. Two stacked 5 element M'2 6 meter yagi's, one at 54 ft. and the other at 38 ft. Portable 2 Element Wire Tri-band Yagi, See QST November 2001 Portable 2 Element 6 meter Quad Portable 3 Element 6 meter Yagi Cross Polarized 144 and 430 Mhz Hi-Gain Yagis.  Ham Gear and Test Equipment: Homebrew 160-6 Meter High Performance Transceiver HBR2000 Homebrew 6 meter CW/DSB 10 Watt DC Transceiver Modified Norcal Sierra QRP CW Transceiver 40-10 meters Homebrew 40 Meter Optimized QRP CW Transceiver based on W7EL design in August 1980 QST Homebrew 160-10 Antenna Tuner Yaesu FT-726R VHF/VHF Transceiver Homebrew 6 Meter 70 Watt Solid State Amplifier Heathkit SB220 Linear Homebrew Spectrum Analyzer based on W7ZOI/K7TAU design, August 1998 QST Homebrew Personal Network Analyzer based on design by Steve Hageman, see Jan/Feb 1998 QST Homebrew Power Meter by W7ZOI/W7PUA, June 2001 QST and K3NHI additional features May/June 2002 QEX Homebrew Vector Network Analyser (VNA) by N2PK, ---> N2PK's Site. HP8640B signal generator. See July/Aug 2004 QEX if your gen. has no output power, or see. |
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