Thanks to Mats, SM4GDB/4U, and Hakan, SM2HLS/4U, (two Swedish Army communicators) who I served with during an United Nations tour in the Sinai desert, I became interested enough in Amateur Radio to write my exams. Calls I have held are, VE3KGB, VE1KGB, VE3KHP, and now VA3KGB. I have also worked at Canadian Amateur and CFARS stations providing phone patches for Canadians serving with the United Nations in Egypt, Syria, Israel, and Cyprus. 

My main area of interest is HF Dxing on 15 and 20 metres, (21 and 14 MHz). Other areas of interest include propagation, and antennae. Visit the Amateur Radio links to other sites to explore our fascinating and world-wide hobby. I maintain the Kingston ARC's web page at www.ve3kbr.com

Canadian Calls Manager:
I've written a program that allows you to use the downloadable Industry Canada Amateur Radio database and add extra information to the calls. This information is saved when you update your database from Industry Canada. I haven't done any upgrade work on this program, however, I hope to do that shortly.  Click here for more information.

RACAL 6778C Remote Control Program
My latest programming effort is with a program to emulate the Racal RA-6778C LF/HF receiver and to control the receiver through software. I started the program using Visual Basic 6 and had the rough graphical user interface completed and was starting the work on controlling the receiver when i took a break from programming.  When I returned to the program I decided that I would use RealSoft's RealBasic as it would create a single executable file, doesn't require an installer program, and if I upgrade the program I could create cross-platform versions for Linux and Mac OS.  The graphical user interface is almost complete and when it is, I'll post the program here. It can then be used as a simulator for operating the receiver.  The next stage is to write the receiver control code and add the enhancements to the program

Follow the Links below for more information on Amateur Radio.

  RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada (Bilingual)

ARRL: American Radio Relay League

RSGB: Radio Society of Great Britain

Signallers Club of Canada

SAREX - Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment

   Kingston Amateur Radio Club, Kingston Ontario, 
(current member 1994 - 2007)

Trenton Amateur Radio Club, Trenton, Ontario, 
(former member as VE3KHP, 1992-1994)

Quinte Amateur Radio Club, Belleville, Ontario


Greenwood Amateur Radio Club, Greenwood, Nova Scotia, 
(former member as VE1KGB, 1986? - 1992)

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