Good
morning Donald. Quite a long time since I made any contribution to this site. At
one time I did send in a copy of the grad picture and saw it on the site a few
times but it seemed to disappear later on. Is it okay if I send it to you by
email? The site is looking very good which gives me a hint of how many hours
your tireless crew have put in.
Yes, who I am, Gord Gwillim, joined DOT in August of 1960 as I recall. I was
waiting for a call from Winnipeg district which never did come. My app. must
have been lost somewhere. I signed up in Edmonton and was soon sent off to
Ottawa for training. The ASTS school had been recently opened and I was placed
in the third class. It was a great experience for me as a farm kid from
Saskatchewan. My met instructor was Stu McLean whom I had grown up listening to
on the Regina radio station giving the noon weather each day. I became a radio
ham at age 16 and by the time I was in tech school, I was able to assist with
the code instruction for the rest of the class. I still do most of my hamming on
CW and at age 70 began to learn using the mechanical “bug” with my non dominant
hand. My left hand had learned too many bad habits using right handed bugs over
the years.
If it would be okay I will have my wife (computer person) send off to you the
grad picture from the late December grad. ASTS 1960. 73 Donald……….. Gordon,
VE5UJ
REPLY:
Good afternoon, Gordon. Sorry for the delay. I was
away for a few days. Yes it would be OK for your wife to send me the grad
picture. I am not sure why it disappeared from the website. I will make sure it
is published again and I will create a page for you in the Alumni section. I do
most of my hamming on CW just like you. I love QRP and I am a member of NAQCC. I
learned morse code in the Navy when I was a radio operator onboard ships and
submarines before I joined the Department of Communications in 1973.
Take care and 73 OM de VE2GW
Donald Courcy
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