Amateur Radio

I’m fairly new to amateur radio, but I currently have my Canadian Amateur Radio Basic Qualification (with Honours) and am active on my callsign VE7TZB from my home and outdoors.

I’m also part of the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association and Cowichan Valley Amateur Radio Society clubs.

You can check out my profile on QRZ if you want to log a contact.

My Rigs #

In my truck I run a Kenwood TM-V71A 50W mobile transceiver connected to a Comet CA-2X4SR dual band 40” antenna attached to my roof rack.

At home I run another Kenwood TM-V71A 50W mobile transceiver as a base station powered by a Pyramid PSV3000 which will run for some time in the event of grid power loss by a UPS (I eventually want to run this station off a large LiFePO4 battery but that costs $$$). The station is connected to 25ft of LMR-400 which goes to a Diamond X50A dual band 5.6ft antenna in my attic.

I also have a few spare Baofeng handheld transceivers with 14” Nagoya whip antennas that I bring with me on outings.