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plaws amateur radio page i ve been an amateur radio operator since 1991 i ve been a wannabe ham since the late 1970s when i was an avid cber i even took a license class from the west island amateur radio club mr morse s code stopped me fortunately the fcc and the arrl came to realize that morse code was rapidly becoming obsolete and removed it as a required test element for the technician class license begining 1991 02 14 i took the first test i could find which was at the hamfest in springdale ark in may of that year and got my license 10 weeks later 1991 07 16 i used to believe the long delay was due to the fcc but subsequent experience 30 years as an accredited volunteer examiner including 14 as a team leader points to the vec that coordinated that session not the local team the accreditation body that processes the resulting paperwork in very late 1999 the fcc issued new amateur radio service rules that further reduced the morse code requirements as a result i upgraded to amateur extra class on 2000 04 29 over the years i had tried several times to pass the old element 1c 20 word per minute telegraphy exam but just couldn t get motivated enough now many years later i found that i needed to pass a morse test again this time at 5 words per minute send and receive this was accomplished at the 2026 eohamfest i now hold the morse qualification which will allow me to become a canadian accredited examiner i d still like to qualify for an arrl 20 wpm code proficiency certificate too plaws an introduction to amateur radio i currently hold a canadian certificate of proficiency in amateur radio with the following qualifications basic with honours earned 2022 09 06 advanced earned 2024 03 06 morse earned 2026 10 03 i am assigned ve3uwy for operations from home and ve2uwy for operations across the river or down the 417 i am also licensed in the us as an amateur extra class assigned n5uwy right now ve3uwy consists of the following icom ic 746pro icom id 4100a d star icom ic 910h 144 432 1296 mhz no antennas up icom ic 3210a pending repair icom ic 37 no antenna spi ro trap dipoles d 44 at 10 m for 40 10 d 314 at 10 m for 30 17 12 d 52 at 7 m for 80 10 80 40 sold as 80 10 only resonant on 80 and 40 workman electronics t734 discone at 3 m mla 30 active loop lw mw sw pa0rdt mini whip a homebrew dipole for the 10 and 6 meter bands cushcraft a148 10s 10 element beam for 144 mhz homebrew ground plane for 222 mhz k 180wla active loop lw mw sw fsk rtty is available via the mmtty engine within the dx lab suite running on an intel nuc core i7 w 32gb of ram via a homebrew interface that includes a mortty kit for fsk rtty there is another mortty for cw sending for phone there is a heil sound bm 10 headset hc 4 element or an icom sm 8 i have another homebrew interface for the ic 910h that has channels for both the main and sub receivers vhf uhf receivers include the following uniden bearcat bc780xlt w discriminator tap for unitrunker etc uniden bearcat bcd996p2 bearcat bc300 allied radio shack pro 7 lf mf hf vhf dxing receivers include the following realistic dx 160 sangean hdt 1x sangean hdt 20 general radio service known as citizen s band in the usa president thomas fcc fm am can work on discone midland 77 112 pending repair portable radios include uniden bearcat bcd436hp icom id 51a d star icom ic 705 d star tecsun pl 606 xhdata d 219 original flavor audio from the main receivers are routed to a pair of jbl control 2p powered monitor speakers via a behringer xenyx 1204usb mixer i like to collect operating awards so far i ve earned the following worked all continents digital 15 m endorsements was i have 50 us states mixed digital confirmed in logbook of the world but will not apply dxcc i have 120 entities mixed digital confirmed in logbook of the world but will not apply i also like to participate in amateur radio contests 2024 arrl rtty roundup 48 31 1457 arrl november sweepstakes ssb 124 57 14136 2025 arrl rtty roundup 114 50 5650 cq ww rtty 249 137 84803 arrl november sweepstakes ssb 4560 2026 arrl rtty roundup 27669 vhf dx will need to wait for antennas years ago i completed the following classes in fema s independent study program is 100 introduction to incident command system is 200 ics for single resources and initial action incidents is 700 national incident management system nims an introduction tips for passing the old us element 2 and 3a tests ve2rm the western quebec vhf uhf amateur radio club prescott russell amateur radio club rac radio amateurs of du canada https plaws net saturday 03 oct 2026 18 31 22 edt