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I have been a musician since I was a small child, starting with the piano when I was 5, and progressing to drums and double bass a few years later.
I have been a musician for most of my life, starting with the piano when I was 5, and progressing to drums and double bass a few years later.
I was originally in to (and performed) rock music, but found myself moving towards heavier metal, and eventually electronic dance music. Alongside this progression, I was also a part of an orchestra and a choir for a few years. Now, I find myself doing everything electronically.

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I have been an amateur radio operator since 2020, and an electronics enthusiast since long before then.
For me, the logical next step in my electronics obsession was to become an amateur radio operator. I got my license back in 2020, and if you listen carefully, you might catch me calling CQ on 7030kHz as **VA3ZZA**.
## VA3ZZA
I'm 90% a CW operator, 9% an APRS user, and occasionally key up on VHF FM to make sure the band is still dead *(...lol)*.
**VA3ZZA** is my primary callsign. If you hear me calling CQ, come say hi!
I like participating in the Summer & Winter Field Days, and also helped bring together the first ever [Meme Appreciation Month](/events/meme-month-2022) event.
I generally operate CW around 7030kHz.
## The station
## VA3UJF
I currently operate from my home. Generally pushing 2 or 3 watts from my Elecraft KX2 through a home-made 40M dipole that snakes its way around my room and through a crack in the door.
**VA3UJF** is my secondary callsign.
Before my current setup, my antenna was my bedframe.. No, seriously. It made me quite a few contacts too. My motto for my setup is pretty much *"Low SWR is Low SWR"*.
If you see/hear this callsign on-air, its probably tied to some automated system. Check back to this page to see if I have any on-going project you can interact with.
## APRS
I find APRS to be a really interesting mode. I quite enjoy building programs that interact with APRS-IS (the radio equivalent of a Discord bot). For example, I was running a program that [tracked Canadian trains](https://github.com/ewpratten/aprs-trains) for a bit.