Miroslav Skoric of Radio-club "Novi Sad"

A joint event of the IEEE ComSoc PT Chapter, IEEE VTS PT Chapter, and Instituto de Telecomunicações.

Biography:

Miroslav Skoric has more than three decades of experience in computer network administration and system maintenance (private and governmental sector, retired since 1.1.2018). Also worked in metal industry, oil industry, publishing. Continual active practice in amateur radio services since 1989: Licensed ‘ham’ radio operator using call sign YT7MPB; ex-CN2MPB (Morocco); ex-TO0MPB (Reunion Island, France); ex-J41MPB (Greece), ex-3B8YT (Mauritius), ex-II1CIT (Italy), ex-CR6MPB (Portugal). He voluntarily served as the secretary of SRV (Amateur Radio Union of Vojvodina province, northern Serbia) in two terms, 1996-1998 and 2019-2021, as well as the secretary of Radio Club “Novi Sad” for the class of 2019-2020. Previously, he served as the secretary of Radio Club “Bosko Buha” (1994-1995) and Radio Club “Pane Djukic” (1999-2002). He has broad experience in administering amateur radio bulletin board systems since early nineties (DOS, Windows and Linux platforms) at VHF/HF radio frequencies and Internet connection.

His interests in radio are heavily centered on emergency communications and industries that support amateur & business radio services. Diplomas in Labor Management Engineering (1989) and in Business Computing (1995). Postgraduate studies in Computer Science. Senior Member of IEEE Austria Section. Full member of IEEE MOVE radio club. Teaching experience includes classes in local high-school amateur radio clubs; technical paper presentations in domestic and international events; tutorials & workshops on the amateur radio in engineering education, magazine/journal articles, and ~200 pages in five book chapters (IGI Global, Springer).

He had been actively engaged as a volunteer speaker offering self-sponsored visiting tours to India and other countries. Radio instruments & accessory travel with him to provide practical demo and experimentation. He is an active promoter of ham radio communications among students & teachers at University of Novi Sad, Serbia and elsewhere. Social activities through membership in IEEE Communications Society (incl. RCC and CNOM), IEEE Computer Society (incl. TCCC and TCSP), IEEE Education Society, IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society, ARRL (USA), RSGB (UK), RAC (Canada), and others. He posted ~1000 photos & captions to his QRZ.com amateur radio profile (https://www.qrz.com/db/YT7MPB), and 250+ video clips to his LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/in/miroslavskoric/).

Address:Serbia & Montenegro