Welcome to my Website
I started in the Amateur Radio hobby back in 1989 while serving with the Marine Corps at the Naval Air Station Willow Grove, PA, and was originally assigned the call of KA3WLV. After retiring from my military service, I returned back to school and started a whole new career. This left little time for the hobby for years, but as I never wanted to have to take the morse code test again, I kept my ham ticket active. staying with my Technician Plus license for nearly 29 years.
In March of 2021, a call came out from my town Fire Chief to all Amateurs to assist with communications for COVID 19 response. This sparked my interest, and I contacted a local Amateur Radio Club (Providence Radio Association - PRA - W1OP). The club offered no exams so I traveled to New England Sci-Tech in Natick, MA, and took my General Exam in June, returning there for my Extra Exam in December of 2021. On Feb 23, 2022, I was granted the new callsign of N1ET. I am no longer involved with the PRA. (See blog)
I still love the hobby, having been fully active since that initial call to duty, and am really enjoying being a ham, which I intend to be all of my life.
QSOCardCreator User Cards
When you purchase QSOCardCreator, you are entitled to one QSL card made by me. To select your cards, view the many templates at Samples, the backgrounds at Backgrounds , provide your preferences via email. If you have an image you would like to use instead of the ones provided (a 1650x1050 jpg is the format used), you may also provide that to me instead. For instance, you can use your current printed QSL card, which you can scan and upload to https://www.robertsimoneau.com/Uploads. If you do decide to send a photo of your own or your current card, please be sure to name it with your callsign. If it is easier on you, then provide a weblink to an image you like, and I will attempt to download, resize and clean up for use. Keep copyright in mind. I will try to find some suitable images and send them your way as I await your input.
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Above is a copy of the Hardcopy QSL card I sent in return for everyone received.
I send a electronic QSL card to confirm my upload of logs to Clublog, LtoW and QRZ. The card changes every month. Above is a copy of each. See if you can collect them all.
Latest QSL cards created
Awards
Ham Equipment
- ICOM IC-7300 & Yaesu FT-710 AESS
- SEC-1235M Desktop Switching Power Supply, Dual Meters, Input: 120 VAC/230VAC Internal Set, Output: 13.8 VDC, 30A
- Bullet 50:450 (9:1) HF Unun, 1.8-61 MHz, 1500 Watts, with 102 ft End Fed Antenna
- MFJ-993B IntelliTuner
- TYT TH-350 Tri Band Analog Two Way Radio
- AnyTone AT-D878UV PLUS w/ SkyBridge Plus Dual Band Digital Hotspot
- OpenSPOT3 mobile hotspot
- Xiegu G90, X6100 and XPA125 for POTA
Amatuer Radio Activity
21 Alden Street, Johnston, RI 02919