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Kenneth "Ken" Holt

Former Director of the

Clyde Avenue Telecommunications Engineering Laboratory in Ottawa 

 

 

Passed Away in 2018 - Scroll Down for Obituary  

Décès en 2018 - Avis de décès au bas de la page  

 

Joined DOC as an inspector in the Toronto DO in 74. Ended up in Ottawa as director of the Clyde  avenue lab where he retired in 1996 after 22 years.

 

Quarter Century Wireless Association Inc.

National Capital Chapter 70 - Ottawa, Canada

KENNETH (KEN) HOLT – VE3VC QCWA #26028

Ken grew up in England

 

Education / Employment History

1947-1952

Royal Air Force – Boy Entrant Telegraphist - at #3 Radio School at Compton Bassett and later Wireless Fitter - at #1 Radio School at Locking.

1952-1957

Ministry of Civil Aviation (Isle of Man) - avionics technologist - Ronaldsway Airport and Snaefell Mountain aeronautical radio station.

1957–1960

Spartan Air Services – on Northern Canada Aerial Survey operations – Cambridge Bay, Pelly Lake, Shepherd's Bay, Resolute, Churchill, Yellowknife, Schefferville.

1960-1974

Technical Materiel Corporation (Canada) Ltd. – various positions, finally as Technical Director Field Services, responsible for providing trouble shooting services to military/quasi military communications facilities on four continents.

1974-1996

Department of Communications – began as Radio Inspector, and finally as Technical Director - Certification and Engineering Bureau

1996-2000

Spectrum Management Consultant in Central and South America.

 

Amateur Radio History

1952

First licensed as GD3IBQ on the Isle of Man

1957

Assigned VE3ENH in Ottawa and used VE8/VE3ENH at various Arctic locations – Cambridge Bay, Pelly Bay

1973

Obtained two-letter call sign VE3VC, originally held by Doug Carroll, President of TMC

 

Member of RAC, ARRL, AMSAT, OARC. DXCC Honor Roll member 

 

Member of QCWA and Chapter 70. He received his QCWA “55 Years Licensed” Golden Certificate and lapel pin at the Chapter 70 May 2007 dinner meeting.

 

Ken passed away on September 29, 2018

2018-10-04

Biography prepared by VE3XK with assistance from VE3VC

 

Obituary - Avis de décès

Kenneth "Ken" Holt

1932 - 2018

 

Kenneth Holt 
VE3VC / GD3IBQ 

On the evening of Saturday, September 29th, Ken passed away at home after a brief battle with cancer.

 

He will be greatly missed by Birgit, his loving wife of 56 years, his son Jim (Debbie), his daughter Debbie (Jeffrey), his precious granddaughters Kaytie, Claire and Grace, his sister Lily, his sister-in-law Lilly and many beloved family members and friends. He is predeceased by his parents Arthur and Lucy, his brothers Ronald and Arthur and his brother-in-law Ronald.

 

A Funeral Service will take place at the Pinecrest Remembrance Chapel, 2500 Baseline Road, Ottawa on Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. Reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or Good Shepherd Barrhaven.

 

Cole Funeral Homes

 

Member of RAC, ARRL, AMSAT, OARC. DXCC Honor Roll member.

 

Member of QCWA and Chapter 70. He received his QCWA “55 Years Licensed” Golden Certificate and lapel pin at the Chapter 70 May 2007 dinner meeting.

 

 

My first boss at D.O.C. Clyde Avenue. 1980 . Believe he just got the position himself. 

 

Brian Kasper (Colleague)

5 October 2018

 

 

Our sincere condolences to Birgit and family on the passing of Ken. I worked with Ken at the 'Lab' from the spring of 1983 until he retired I believe around 1998. I knew Ken as a diligent Director, a strong leader and an avid amateur radio enthusiast. He will be missed by all who knew him. 

Robert "Bob" Corey (Colleague)

7 October 2018

 

Links   -   Liens

 

1980 - Keeping the weights and measures of telecommunications honest

1980 - Jamais deux poids, deux mesures

 

1984 - The Telecommunications Engineering Laboratory

1984 - Laboratoire technique des télécommunications

 

Clyde Avenue Staff - June 15, 1992

 

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