Let me
introduce myself...
Name - Alex Wiecek ( VE3GOP )
Place of birth - Cracow, Poland
Currently residing in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Place of Employment - Nav Canada, largest air navigation services provider in Canadian
airspace (formerly Transport Canada)
Occupation - Electronics Systems Tech, maintaining all sorts of air navigation (VOR, ILS, DME, NDB, VDF) and communication (VHF and UHF) systems at Leaster B. Pearson International Airport
in Toronto, as well as smaller satellite airports.
One of my duties is taking care of 8 NDBs South and Eastern Ontario.
Be sure to listen for the following:
ZTO - Brampton (Woodhill) - 403 kHz (10 watts)
ZLP - Mississauga (Meadowvale) - 341 kHz (25 watts)
ZYZ - Etobicoke (Lima) - 368 kHz (5 watts)
ZDH - Toronto (Rexdale) - 385 kHz (25 watts)
YPQ - Peterborough - 379 kHz (11 watts)
KZ - Buttonville - 248 kHz (25 watts)
TZ - Toronto Island Gibraltar Point - 257 kHz (25 watts)
OO - Oshawa - 391 kHz (7 watts)
Married - yes
Kids - 2
NDB'ing since - grade 10
email - ve3gop@ve3gop.com
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