VE6HQ

Don Westacott VE6HQ, believes that his early foundation in amateur radio contributed to his professional success through the multiple disciplines and out of the box thinking that is amateur radio.  After a successful career and an expert in subsurface measurements and remote sensing for the petroleum  industry, Don now likes to work 20 meters and refine his test equipment bench using the latest low cost solutions like the NanoVNA.  VE6HQ is my QSO Today.

Home Town: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

First License: VE6ANW, 1967

First Rig: 
Heathkit HR10B Receiver
Hallicrafters HT44 Transmitter
Dowkey TR Relay

Favorite Band: 20 Meter Band

Twin brother:  Douglas Westacott

Terms:
Yogi Bera “ I was born at a very young age”
Carbon button microphone – telephone type
Normandy Beach Landing of Canadian Forces
Royal Canadian Corps of  Signals
Katachi Knowles, KH6IG – need reference
QST Magazine
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
University of Alberta, BSEE
Canadian Army Airborne Regiment
745 Communications Squadron
Drake 4 Line
Drake R4B Receiver
Drake TX4B Transmitter
Collins S Line
432 MHz DX
Radio Handbook, by William I. Orr W6SAI
Coaxial Cavity 4CX250 UHF Amplifier
432 MHz Transverter
432 MHz Downconverter
Tropospheric Communications
Indices of Refraction
Barry Malowanchuk, VE4MA EME 
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Oil Exploration
Donald Westacott Patents
Remote Sensing Oil and Gas Industry
Petroleum Physics
Subsurface Measurements for Oil and Gas
Geodyssey – size and shape of points on the earth
John Harrison – amateur astronomer and clock maker
Greenwich Royal Observatory – Harrison Chronometer
Joe Taylor Digital Modes
RF Signal Generator from 40 Mhz – 4.4 GHz
GPS Disciplined Oscillator
Rick Roderick, K5UR, President of the ARRL
Paul Mower, VA6MPM
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Telecom Canada
Telecom Canada Junior Wireline Field Engineer
McGiver Television Series