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Alex Schwarz (VE7DXW) is an advanced HAM and a graduate of the HTL, Innsbruck, Austria. He moved to Vancouver (Canada) in 1990 and has since been involved in professional communication systems (LDR trunking) and digital point to point wireless network systems. In 2005 he started work in the Biomedical Engineering Department at C&W Hospital in Vancouver.

In 2008, Alex explored the concept of a Bi-LIF (Bidirectional Low Intermediate Frequency) transverter. He developed an MDSR (Modulation –Demodulation Software Radio) to provide a cost-effective and easy to use interface between a computer’s soundcard and a transceiver.

In 2016, Alex developed the RF-Seismograph for the solar eclipse experiment in August 2017. The RF-Seismograph was tested by a team of volunteers which Alex coordinated and managed. In the fall of 2019 Alex and his team found that the RF-Seismograph was actually able to record earthquakes by detecting propagation changes during 3 local quakes.

Alex is interested in finding low cost, easily accessible technological solutions for applications that would otherwise be overlooked or limited to specialized and expensive equipment and users.

January 2021