3D2AG

First License:  December 1987

Mentor: Raj Singh, 3D2ER

First Rig: 
Yaesu FT-757GX 

Later Rigs:
Icom IC-706 HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver
Kenwood TS-440S

Challenges in Paradise: 30 years of Rotuma EXpeditions, 1991-2021, March 2021 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo 

People
Michael Prakash, 3D2MP
Paul Ewing, 3D2PS, also N6PSE
Aisea Aisake 3D2AA

Terms
Nation of Fiji 
Fiji Sugar Trade
Fiji Tourism
Fiji as British Colony
Italki Language
Hindi Language
Shortwave Radio
Radio France International
Lautoka 
Sony Shortwave Receiver ICF-2001 
SSB – single side band
Marine Botany, MS, Fiji
Taxonomy
Microplastic Pollution
London Institute 
National Training and Productivity Center, Fiji, Telecommunications
VR2 callsign prior to 1970
CEPT Class A Amateur License
Routuma Island
Marine Flora of Rotuma Island
1988 Rotuma DXCC DXpedition 3D2XX
Conway Reef DXpeditions
QRN – noise
University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Ham Radio Friedrichshafen Ham Convention
PSKReporter
DXCluster
4G Cellular Service
IARU Region 3

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: encroachment by other services to our amateur bands and electronic noise. 

Excited most by: Dxing and giving out new countries

Advice to new or returning hams: things have changed. Keep in mind it’s (ham radio) about building friendships.  

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Sony ICF-2001 Shortwave Receiver

Icom IC-706 HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver

Kenwood TS-440S Transceiver