QSO Today with Antoine De Ramon NYeurt 3D2AG

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7/24/2021

Episode 361 - Antoine De Ramon NYeurt - 3D2AG

Antoine De Ramon NYeurt, 3D2AG, is one of three hams in paradise, who holds up the CW representation from Fiji, the largest Island in the South Pacific and the second largest island in the World next to Australia. Antoine gave an excellent presentation last March at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo about operating from Fiji and Rotuma, another island 600 KM North of Fiji. 3D2AG shares his Fiji and ham radio life in this QSO Today.

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First License: December 1987

Mentor: Raj Singh, 3D2ER

First Rig:
Yaesu FT-757GX

Later Rigs:
Icom IC-706 HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver
Kenwood TS-440S

Challenges in Paradise: 30 years of Rotuma EXpeditions, 1991-2021, March 2021 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo

People
Michael Prakash, 3D2MP
Paul Ewing, 3D2PS, also N6PSE
Aisea Aisake 3D2AA

Terms
Nation of Fiji
Fiji Sugar Trade
Fiji Tourism
Fiji as British Colony
Italki Language
Hindi Language
Shortwave Radio
Radio France International
Lautoka
Sony Shortwave Receiver ICF-2001
SSB - single side band
Marine Botany, MS, Fiji
Taxonomy
Microplastic Pollution
London Institute
National Training and Productivity Center, Fiji, Telecommunications
VR2 callsign prior to 1970
CEPT Class A Amateur License
Routuma Island
Marine Flora of Rotuma Island
1988 Rotuma DXCC DXpedition 3D2XX
Conway Reef DXpeditions
QRN - noise
University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Ham Radio Friedrichshafen Ham Convention
PSKReporter
DXCluster
4G Cellular Service
IARU Region 3

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: encroachment by other services to our amateur bands and electronic noise.

Excited most by: Dxing and giving out new countries

Advice to new or returning hams: things have changed. Keep in mind it's (ham radio) about building friendships.

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Sony ICF-2001 Shortwave Receiver

Icom IC-706 HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver

Kenwood TS-440S Transceiver

2 Comments

Nev

7/28/2021 04:02:17 pm

Hi Eric, just a quick thank you for your QSO with Antoine 3D2AG. Like you and many of your guests I was licenced a while ago (1981) and after a period, took a long break from radio due to getting married, kids, and life. Now the kids have grown up I'm back enjoying (loving) ham radio. One regret of having the break was losing my code proficiency, so I recently enrolled in the CWops Academy. I did my Basic class a few months ago, the same time you did yours. My class Advisor was Antoine. He told the class it was his first time. He was a brilliant advisor! Very supportive and offered lots of tricks/techniques to help us individually, to get us past our road blocks. I'm now enjoying CW again thanks to Antoine. Covid is running rampant in Fiji and I'm always wondering how Antoine is coping so it was wonderful to hear his cheery voice again. Thank you again for your QSOs.

Paul Van Dyke KB9AVO

1/7/2024 09:32:46 am

I am planning on a trip to Fiji in 2025 and wish to bring equipment and run from there. I am in the US Extra Class and looking for one up to date sources on information to run the gauntlet of the licensing, and bringing my equipment to the islands.. Might you know of any?
Thank you

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