Jean's cheerful and easy going style at the microphone have made a lasting impression on those who have checked in with her over the years.  As a regular checkin on the Sandbox Net she is one of the most popular and respected members of the group, always there with warm greetings to one and all.

     An excellent CW operator, Jean is proficient in both Landline (Telegrahic ) and Morse Code from an early age. While attending high school she was intrigued by the clicking sounds of the telegraph keys and sounders in the local telegraph office. She struck up a friendship with a retired telegrapher, who invited her to come after school and sit in on the code classes he was instructing. Jean took up his invitation and would slip in on her way home after school everyday to practice receiving and sending code. Soon she had mastered the code and thought she would like to learn more, so she decided to attend Radio College in Winnipeg. 

     At Radio College, when they learned of her proficiency in code, she was asked to demonstrate at the front of the class how to copy code using a typewriter. This she did without any effort and shortly she was asked if she would like to be a radio Operator. When Jean learned that she would be paid for it, she jumped at the chance and at age 16 was assigned to British Commonwealth Air Training at Number 5 AOS , Winnipeg, Manitoba as a Radio Operator. 

     While there, she met her husband, Glenn, who was a WOG ( Wireless Operator Ground ). She says she never figured out the Ground bit because he was always flying, but that was the way they did things in the service. Jean says that ham radio was in the back of her mind for many years, but she did not pursue it then due to all the moves, traveling and of course the children that came along during those years.

     Jean operates a ICOM  735 into a Trap 3 Band Dipole antenna. That combination gives her one of the more potent signals on the 40 meter band! She is also active on the 2 meter band and is a member of the Bruce Amateur Radio Club.