Welcome to 14DA061 John
April 13, 2009 by Darren
Alencon in the French department of Orne is home to the Dx Adventure Radio Club’s latest member addition…14DA061 John.
Previously connected with the Lima Radio DX Group as 14LR061, John is a practised DXer with almost 20 years experience in the hobby. A keen contester who is excited by DA-RC’s broad range of competitive events, 14DA016 John also prefers the social aspect of the Freeband hobby, focusing on building close relationships with existing radio friends in our community and of course developing new ones.
“Apart from making new friendships with my new Delta-Alfa callsign,” explains 14DA061 John, “my goal is to help develop eleven metre radio activities and make Freeband DXers recognised just like hams-not as pirates!”
To achieve these goals, John has established an impressive station which consists of an FT-990 by Yaesu, a B1 Studio Microphone by Behringer, a MIC-80 microphone preamplifier also by Behringer and a 2 element cubical quad antenna.
In addition to an interest in studio audio products for his rack, another of John’s sub-interests in radio communications is antenna construction. In fact, John has built many successful directional and dipole antennas for use at his home QTH or in the field in the past.
When he’s not conversing with friends in the comfort of his home shack or constructing horizontal antennas for experimentation, John gets pleasure from reading literature and walking. He also enjoys taking to the beautiful French ski slopes to do some skiing when time permits.
On behalf of everyone, welcome to the Dx Adventure Radio Club (DA-RC), John. I’m sure you’ll forge many long lasting friendships within and be able to offer some astute advice on the DA-RC mailing list to any wannabe antenna builders.
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