National Capital Chapter 70 - Ottawa, Canada
VE3DV Biography 
Holland H. (Shep) Shepherd - SK - QCWA# 6571 (Silent Key)
Background
Shep grew up in the Mimico area of Toronto, Ontario
Education / Employment History
- 1929-1951 - Royal Canadian Navy – Boy Seaman, Wireless Operator, Telegraphist.
- 1951- Retired from RCN as a Chief Petty Officer
- 1951-1957 - 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
Amateur Radio History
- 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’s 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)
Additional Information
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 April 10, 2007 after a lengthy convalescence in Ottawa nursing homes.