My Amateur Radio Journey — Building The COOL

From early inspiration to RaDAR and the development of The COOL
1974

High school Standard 8

My journey - INSPIRED BY AMATEUR RADIO - from high school to the military, an early career, RaDAR, the SARL and The COOL. Fifty years of amateur radio!

The COOL is my final destination

1975

High school Standard 9

1977-1978

Two years military service

Last 18 months served in Signals

1989-1991

Military courses

1990-1994

Five years (Minimum)

2010

Radio Amateur of the Year

2015

Early retirement

A new challenge begins

2016-2019

PHP Programming

A different kind of programming

Javascript, jQuery, CSS, HTML, PHP and SQL

Knowledge gained leading to the development of The COOL

2017

Hall of Fame

2022

License Renewal

2025

50th Anniversary