National Capital Chapter 70 - Ottawa, Canada
VE3ERA Biography
Jim Anderson - QCWA# 29994
Background
Grew up in the Kitchener/Waterloo area
Education / Employment History
- 1959 – General Instrument, Waterloo, ON – Engineering (VHF/UHF tuners)
- 1964 – Clairtone Industries, Stellarton, NS – Production Engineering, Quality Control (home electronics)
- 1970 – General Instrument, Waterloo, ON – Engineering (VHF/UHF tuners)
- 1972 – Schlichters Ltd, Waterloo, ON - Sales (Hyster lift trucks – electrical and LP gas)
- 1979 – Schlichters Ltd, Waterloo, ON – General Manager
- 1980 – Kincardine, ON – owner of small automotive parts business
Amateur Radio History
- 1956 – First licensed as VE3EHY
- 1957 – Advanced
- 1964 – VE1AGT when located in Nova Scotia
- 1969 – Moved back to Ontario – assigned VE3ERA
- 1999 - Joined QCWA and became a member of Chapter 73.
- 2009 – moved to the Westport area.
- 2012 - Joined Chapter 70.
Additional Information
Amateur radio interest is mostly CW and experimenting with antennas. Always mobile - HF and VHF.
Wife Katharine is VE3EHV.