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Geoff Atkinson

VK3AFA (prev VK3YFA)

Contact Details

31-35 Berringa Rd
Ringwood North
VIC 3134

Home : 03 9876 4850
Work : 03 9729 0400
Mobile : 0438 070 947

Email :
Website : http://www.wia.org.au

Member Of : Eastern & Mountain District Radio Club (Life Member)

About Geoff Atkinson

First introduced to Amateur Radio through Scouts and a Jamboree of the Air at the farm shack of Alan Trevor Rodda VK3ATR (SK)near Warracknabeal around 1960. After a short stint with PMG I joined the RAAF where I completed Radio Technician training. I joined the EMDRC at Mooroolbark and completed my AOLCP in 1972. After a career of 42 years in the electronics industry, including 9 years running my own Company, I have retired from fulltime paid employment

Radio Activities

Enjoy the fellowship and comraderie of AR ops. both locally and abroad. First licenced in 1972 as VK3YFA, In March 2008 Changed callsign to VK3AFA.

Hobbies

Travelling both domestically and internationally.
Garden Railway (G Gauge)
Triumph Sports Owners Assoc (Vic) Inc. TR6
Warbirds particularly P40 Kittyhawks

Family

My Wife is an Educationalist.
Two married children
Three Grand children
One Big Black Labrador named Texas!

 

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