HOLLAND
H. (SHEP) SHEPHERD – VE3DV QCWA # 6571 (SK)
1929-1951 - Royal Canadian Navy – Boy Seaman,
Wireless Operator, Telegraphist.
1951- Retired from RCN as a Chief Petty Officer
1951-1975 - Defence Research Board, Naval Research
Establishment (Dartmouth, NS). Served on the underwater physics team on several
ships.
1957 - posted to Washington, DC
1961 - posted to Ottawa – with the International
Programs Section.
1975 - Retired
1946 - First licensed as VE1RR in Halifax
1947 - Passed Advanced Certificate of Proficiency
Examination
1948 - Active on 20M and with Halifax ARC
1948 - Appointed an ARRL OBS
1948 - Emergency Coordinator for the Maritimes.
1957 - 1961 - Operated as VE1RR/W4 in Arlington,
VA.
1961 - Assigned the call sign VE3EZY in Ottawa.
Became active in the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club. He came under the influence of
Burt Coy - VE3GI, in Shep’s opinion one of Canada’ finest traffic-men, and was
a traffic-man ever since.
1967 - Applied for two-letter call sign and
received VE3DV
1970 - 1974 - Elected Section Communications
Manager for Ontario (two terms)
Shep was active on the air on all HF bands and on
2M FM. He participated in the 1974 Car
Rally communications and the 1974 Joint Meeting in Ottawa, attended by the US
Ambassador William Porter W3AAC/VE3.
His traffic-handling achieved BPL awards on a
number of occasions.
Shep joined QCWA and was one of the twenty-one
Charter Members of Chapter 70.
He passed away in 2007 after a lengthy
convalescence in Ottawa nursing homes.