John Sluymer , VE3EJ

John was first licensed as VE3AKG in 1972 and has subsequently held Canadian calls VE6OU and VE3EJ. Active in CW and SSB contesting since 1973, he has participated in multi-operator contests from HC8N, A61AJ, VP2E, K3LR and KC1XX. He has also hosted numerous Multi-Single, Multi-Two, and Multi-Multi operations from his home QTH in Niagara. John, together with his radio partner VE7ZO have represented Canada in 5 WRTC competitions and won the gold medal in Brazil in 2006. Partnered with K9VV (NP2X), John also participated in WRTC 2014 in Boston and WRTC 2018 in Germany.

John also has a keen interest in DXing and has been a part of several Microlite DXPedition adventures to the Sub Antarctic. John is the current president of Contest Club Ontario (CCO), a member of CW Ops and First-Class CW Operators Club (FOC), and has been a member of the CQ World Wide contest committee for over 25 years. He was elected to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 2011.

Professionally, John is a semi-retired consultant on the transmission side of radio and television broadcasting.