Pictured above is my
wonderful partner in life, Ruth Dahl, VE3RBO and myself on a beach on
the island of Ameland in April 2019.
Above picture is Ruth,
myself, my mother, Sharon Visser, VE3SVX, and my father John Visser,
VE3FDV
Yes my parents are amateur radio operators as well.
Currently my main
interest in amateur radio is VHF/UHF operations with an interest in
APRS and DMR.
According to Ruth, I have too many radios.
At home I have the following.
Yeasu FT-8900R for voice communications
Icom IC-2400A as a back up voice radio.
Kenwood TM-241A with a Kantronics KPC-3
for the APRS home station
Kenwood TS-440SAT (for whenever I get
the HF antenna up)
Kenwood TM-V71A -
Last used as a temporary APRS Digipeater during the 2024 MS Bike Tour
at the VA3LON repeater site
Kenwood TM-V7A
Kenwood TM-742A
In the car, I have a Kenwood TM-D710A beaconing as VA3HD-9 and a Anytone AT-D578UV
III Pro
I also own the following radios which have been made available for
community service events. All these radios are APRS capable
3x Icom IC-2820H with a UT-123 DV board
and GPS module installed with a Byonics TinyTrak 4
Yeasu FTM-350AR
Kenwood TM-D710A
Handhelds
Yeasu VX-7R (my first HT purchased)
Radio Shack HTX-202 (Still works and still is great hand held)
Yeasu FT-470
Kenwood TH-D7A
2x Kenwood TH-D72A
Kenwood TH-D74A
2x Baofeng UV-5R - Yes I know, not the greatest radio but good for
times when I don't care if anything happens to a radio.
2x Raddiodity GD-77 (one with the OpenGD77 firmware acting as a hot
spot)
2x Anytone AT-D878UV Plus
Wouxun KG-UVD1P
TIDRadio TH-H8 - Yes again not the best radio but at least I can use my
phone to easily program it.
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