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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
2022 DARA Technical Achievement Award: May 2022

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

• News Item: Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde sppointed Fellow of AIIA Industry Academy
• News Item: Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde Receives 2023 IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Industry Leader Award
• News Item: Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde elected Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering
• News Item: Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde Receives 2022 IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award
• 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 Win10/Win11 intranet
Website design 
Internet stuff

Downloads
Download some neat goodies!

Jojo
My new buddy, 3 years old.

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