VA2BBW

Ante Laurijssen, VA2BBW, enjoys the simple amateur radio art of chasing DX and making contacts on CW, and  operating QRP, from Gatineau, in Southwest Quebec, Canada . When operating POTA, Ante taught himself to send CW with his left while recording his log with his right hand.  VA2BBW is the Radio Amateurs of Canada Awards Manager, enjoys giving back to the hobby, and is my QSO Today. ​

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Hometown and Current QTH: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

First License: 2008, Age 24, Basic with Honors

First Rig:
Yaesu FT857 All Band All Mode
10 Meter Dipole Antenna

Current Rig: 
Yaesu FT-450D HF Transceiver 
MFJ 948 Antenna Tuner
100ft long Attic Doublet – HF
Yaesu FT-2900r VHF Transceiver 
J-Pole VHF Antenna
Hendricks PFR3 QRP Kit 40-30-20m transceiver
Yaesu VX8GR Portable Transceiver – APRS/Portable VHF-UHF
Yaesu FT1900 VHF Mobile
Leixen VV-898 Dual Band Transceiver

Terms
King Husessin of Jordan, JA1
Joe Walsh
CB Radio Canada
ShortWave Receiver
Realistic DX360 Shortwave Receiver
CQ Magazine
Mobility Equipment for Disabled, Gatineau
Physiotherapy, Canada
Ultrasound 
George Brown College, Electronics Technology
Quebec Province
Ontario Province
Linux
OpenSource
SKCC – Straight Key Century Club
The Complete DXer, 3rd Addition, By Bob Locher, W9KNI
Attic Doublet Antenna
DX chasing 
QRP and CW
POTA – Parks on the Air
SDF ARC
SSH – Secure Shell
Unix Computer
OCR – Optical Character Recognition
CHU Time Standard
QRP Zombies – Yearly Activity
6 Meter Squalo Antenna
Worked All North America RAC Award
Canadian Century Club Award
Worked All North America Award, RAC
EQSL Confirmation
Francophonie
“The Two Solitudes”
SOTA – Summits on the Air
Polar Bear QRP Group
Ottawa Mobile Radio Club

Excited most by: Software Defined Radio and POTA  – to get people on the air. 

Advice to new or returning hams: get involved