Biography

Nenad passed his first radio exam and made his first QSO in 1965. Initially, he operated from club stations YU1GST and YU1EXY up to 1970, when he received his first licence YU1NZR. This licence was later changed to YU7NZR, and then to 4N7ZR which he still holds. Nenad was one of the packet radio pioneers in YU during the late 1980s, and is a member of the SRJ (Savez radioamatera Jugoslavije). He actively participated in the YU QSL Bureau operations for over 10 years.

In 1990 Nenad passed the exam in Canada and received call sign VE3EXY. He joined RAC (Radio Amateurs of Canada) in 1993, and the American Radio Relay League in 1997. In 1998 he was one of the founding members of the Capital Region DX Club, and became a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association ( QCWA Chapter 70) in the same year. In October 2000, during QCWA Hamvention in Toronto, he received QCWA badge for 30 years of ham radio activity with his own call signs.

In 1999 he accepted the position of the RAC Outgoing QSL Bureau Manager with the intention of improving the VE QSL Bureau Service.

Nenad's interests are HF DX-ing, contesting, and organizing his own DXpeditions.

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