National Capital Chapter 70 - Ottawa, Canada
VE3AG Biography 
John (Jack) Hewson - SK - QCWA# 10184 (Silent Key)
Background
Education / Employment History
- 1927 – Obtained Second Class Certificate (commercial)
- 1927 – Employed as Wireless operator on several Great Lakes freighters
- 1928 – CN Telegraph (Montreal) – employed as Multiplex Mechanic
- 1929-1971 – Northern Electric – employed as a field motion picture projector and sound system technician, covering all of Eastern Ontario.
- 1971 – Retired (but still doing the odd job for Northern)
Amateur Radio History
- 1920 – Attempts to pick up long wave stations using crystal detector and loose coupler (not too successful)
- 1923 – Now into tubes – NE R-215 “Peanut”, WD-11, UV-199 etc. Joined ARRL and working hard at Morse code.
- 1925 – first licensed as 3XM. On air with “Flying Boat” dynamotor, but graduated to chemical rectifier.
- 1928 – In Montreal assigned call sign 2BX
- 1929 – Back in Ottawa as 3XM. VE prefix added to make it VE3XM.
- 1969 – Relinquished VE3XM when planning a retirement to BC, but moved to Merrickville, Ontario instead.
- 1974 – Obtained VE3AG after a brief period of inactivity since VE3XM.
Additional Information
Jack was active on 2M FM but also equipped for HF bands. He was a member of Ottawa Amateur Radio Club.
He was also a member of QCWA and Chapter 70.
Jack passed away April 7, 1993 at the age of 87 years.