VK1RM

Biography:Born in Sydney 1969, Schooling in Toowoomba/ Queensland 1974-1986, Full Amateur Qualification in May 1984, (Operated as Novice until 15th Birthday due to age restriction with callsign VK4VRM, then received the full-call VK4CRM on 18.10.1984), strong interest in electronics prompted me to keep radio a hobby and choose a career in pharmacy, studied pharmacy at the University of Queensland 1987-1989, graduating in December 1989, since graduation pharmacy allowed me to persue other interests including travel; snow; reef; foreign languages, nomadic years allowing combinations of pharmaceutical and radio knowledge with snow skiing; scuba diving (first aid and rescue skills)and living abroad, places of practice have incuded the Snowy Mountains of Australia; the Great Barrier Reef, City and Country locum work in Australia, 7 years of pharmacy practice in Hamburg/ Germany (1992-1999), continued locum pharmacy after return to Australia in 1999, February 2004 saw an end to continual relocation with the purchase of a half-share of the Deakin Pharmacy in Canberra/ Australia, moderately active in professional and radio circles with a keen interest in the development of these, languages spoken other than English include: German; Latvian and tourist-level Japanese, currently holder of two callsigns: VK1RM and VK4CRM

Job: Retail Pharmacist