National Capital Chapter 70 - Ottawa, Canada
VE3TT Biography 
Barclay (Barc) Dowden - SK - QCWA# 30141 (Silent Key)
Background
Grew up in Nova Scotia
Education / Employment History
- 1939 – Dalhousie University (Halifax) – Graduated with B Sc (Electrical Engineering)
- 1940-1945 – Royal Canadian Air Force – with RAF radar. Posted to UK, Iceland and US.
- 1945-1981 – Bell Telephone – Telecom Engineering
- 1946-1949 – While with Bell attended McGill University – Graduated with B Eng degree (Electrical Engineering).
- 1952 – Posted to NATO Brussels, Belgium
- 1960 – Posted to New Jersey to work on modernizing military telecommunications and the telephone network
- 1981 - Retired from Bell
- 1981-1986 – Victrix Ltd (Guelph) – Vice President of Engineering
Amateur Radio History
- 1934 – First licensed in Halifax, Nova Scotia and operated as VE1HK until WW II broke out.
- 1946 – VE2PZ in Montreal
- 1948 – VE0MDG
- 1952 – ON8TT in Brussels, Belgium
- 1960 - Operated as VE2PZ/W2 while posted by Bell to New Jersey
- 1960 – VK3CCI in Sydney, Australia.
- 1981 – Obtained two-letter call sign VE3TT
Additional Information
Main amateur radio interests: rag-chewing and DX.
Member of Pioneers Amateur Radio Club and Ottawa Amateur Radio Club.
Member of QCWA and Chapter 70. Presented with his QCWA “75 Years Licensed” plaque and lapel pin at the Chapter 70 February 2009 dinner meeting, and his QCWA Century Certificate at the Chapter 70 May 2010 dinner meeting.
Barc passed away on April 7, 2012 at age 92 years.