+ Born in Brisbane AUSTRALIA
+ Educated in Toowoomba, QLD.
+ Attained Associate Diploma Electrical Engineering.
+ Held student pilots licence - helicopter and fixed hours.
+ Holds Amateur Radio licence.
+ Dick Smith Electronics - salesperson to store manager
+ Worked MIR on a commodore C64 and packet radio
+ Worked International Space Station on packet radio.
+ Built satellite robot using Basic Stamp. (PCSAT)
+ Fed telemetry from satellites to internet servers.
+ Built 137 MHz Weather Satellite kit.
+ Programmed in PERL, VB6, BASIC, GWBASIC, VB4, PHP, MySQL, Assembly and C.
+ Scripted up GSM base stations. (Telstra)
+ Scripted Alarm reporting systems (Telstra)
+ Built LINUX DNS's, and web servers (Telstra/Home)
+ Programmed statistical and early warning systems (Telstra)
+ Built Quads, verticals, dishes, helix, eggbeater, lindenblad.
+ Passed signals on 10 GHz
+ Participated in community events with radio support (car rally/horse enduro)
+ Programmed PIC controllers - to interface with GPS, sensors and LCD's
+ Made a PIC send RadioTeleType (RTTY)
+ Sent SSTV, RTTY, PSK, FAX over VHF and HF
+ Active participant in Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS)
+ Telstra employee for ten years up to technical specialist - Transmission, Alarm reporting, GSM/CDMA, SMS, Message Bank, MEMO.
+ Built and tested optical multiplexers (8/155 Mb).
+ Trained by Telstra, CISCO, Ericsson, Nortel, HP, Protocomm, Airservices Australia.
+ Designed and coded event tracking databases for use in large corporation (PHP/MySQL on LINUX)
+ Added email and SMS notification systems.
+ Compile and test APRS on LINUX (XASTIR).
+ Programmed remote control on LINUX using a relay card on the parallel port
+ Scripted a doppler tracking system for International Space Station.
+ Scripted and tested antenna rotator control under LINUX.
+ Built and tested VHF / UHF tracking systems.
+ Design and manufacture of PCB (Protel and pre-treated boards)
+ Made a GSM / GPS tracking system.
+ Built RF pre-amps to boost satellite signals.
+ Downloaded signals from ham sats using broadcast technology.
+ Experiments with wifi on 2.4 GHz.
+ Has a keen interest in ADS-B.
+ Has interfaced to GSM modems for remote work.
+ Built and flown radio control aircraft.
+ Wrote a comms package in visual basic 6.
+ Built and tested a doppler radio direction finding system.
+ Interfaced several systems to google earth.
+ Has a keen interest in aviation history. (nav systems)
+ Grandfather was Air Traffic Control, RAAF PILOT and Jackaroo.
+ Father is Army/Civil pilot (instructor,check and test).
+ Dabbles with photography - Canon 350D.
+ Active participant in APRS and ADS-B discussion groups.
+ Currently training with Airservices Australia in RADAR, DME, NDB,VOR, ILS, Comms, Satellites, ASMGCS, and ADS-B.
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