User:Lefever

Jerry Lefever (Jeremy Lefever) Telecommunication consultant specialising in RF Engineering.

Interested in radio since he was 5. Built first pirate radio station when he was 13. Recruited to British MoD to undertake 4 year apprenticeship at 16 in 1971. Upgraded to Student Apprenticeship, making a total of 5 years. Recruited to Army Equipment Calibration Centre to work in RF department. 1982 - recruited to Directorate of Telecommunications, Scottish Office to design new radio systems for the Scottish Police and Fire Services. 1990 - one of a team of engineers to design and impliment new radio network for the Scottish Ambulance Service. Left civil service in 1996 and set up Business Radio Systems.

1999 - moved to Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Setup Band 2 transmitter network for PowerFM. Setup wlanzarote  ([www.wlanzarote.net], a broadband network across the island.

Became radio amateur in 1973 (G4CAZ)

Mentors: Dave Pick (G3YXM) Howard Miles (G6PKQ)