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THE RAC QSL BUREAU SYSTEM Silent Keys – In Memoriam

The RAC Outgoing QSL Bureau service is
available to RAC members, RAC affiliated With regret, we record the passing of these Amateur Radio operators.
clubs (club call only) and QSL Managers who Nous avons le regret de vous annoncer le décès des radioamateurs suivants.
are members of RAC. Your RAC membership
number must accompany each shipment of VA3ECP – Cliff Copeland, of Belleville, ON, at age 72, on September 11, 2017.
QSL cards.
RAC Outgoing QSL Bureau VA3NLG – Neil Graff, of Barrie, ON, at age 32, on October 30, 2017.
PO Box 11156, Station H VE1ADB – Sonny Ratto, of Halifax, NS, at age 82, on October 25, 2017.
Nepean, ON K2H 7T9
Telephone: 613‑670‑3230 VE1ATF – Bazil St. Clare Nowe, of Lake Echo, NS, at age 91, on November 7, 2017.
Email: ve3exy@rac.ca
VE1CFK – Bill Wheaton, of Parrsboro, NS, at age 96, on November 20, 2017.
There are limits and restrictions for use of the
Outgoing QSL Bureau. For more information, VE1GLN – Glendon Stillwell, of Wilmot Station, NS, at age 88, on October 4, 2017.
surcharges, card sorting details and some
handy tips, please visit http://wp.rac.ca/ or VE1RDD – Dick D’Entremont, of Shelburne, NS, at age 74, on November 14, 2017.
http://www.magma.ca/~ve3exy/bureau.html.
Member societies of the International Radio VE2AFY – Jean‑Louis Tetreault, of Granby, QC, at age 87, on December 2, 2017.
Union (IARU) operate a worldwide system of VE2DKN – Charles Neal, of Dollard des Ormeaux, QC, at age 94, on April 16, 2017.
QSL Bureaus. Radio Amateurs of Canada,
as the Canadian member‑society, operates VE3DIL – Werner Loiskandl, of Barrie, ON, at age 87, on September 27, 2017.
a National Incoming QSL Bureau, and
sponsors the Incoming Bureaus for the 12 VE3KWX – Bill Dillon, of Toronto, ON, at age 78, on October 27, 2017.
Canadian call areas. Cards received by the
National Incoming Bureau from IARU member VE3KZD – David Scarlett, of Belleville, ON, at age 77, on July 17, 2017.
societies are sorted and forwarded to the VE3RHG – Richard Hier, of Pembroke, ON, at age 91, on October 31, 2017.
Incoming Bureau in each call area.
All domestic cards (VA-VE-VY) to Canadian VE3RKB – Russ Kirkwood, of Richmond, ON, at age 92, on October 25, 2017.
Amateurs are to be sent directly to the
RAC National Incoming Bureau and not to VE3RKZ – Bob Zimmerman, of Hamilton, ON, at age 66, on September 27, 2017.
the Outgoing Bureau. VE4KS – Sam Schneider, of Winnipeg, MB, at age 98, on October 14, 2017.
Domestic cards sent to the Outgoing Bureau
will experience a delay. Only cards for VE5BBJ – Wallace Gregson, of Maidstone, SK, at age 98, on July 29, 2017.
destinations outside Canada are to be sent to
the Outgoing QSL Bureau. VE5PE – Peter Pidskalny, of Saskatoon, SK, at age 72, on October 15, 2017.
National Incoming QSL Bureau VE5QK – Wayne Morley, of Saskatoon, SK, at age 75, on August 13, 2017.
Sponsored by: Loyalist City ARC
Len Morgan, VE9MY, Manager VE5WWP – Gordon Dash, of Regina, SK, at age 92, on March 14, 2017.
Box 51, Saint John, NB E2L 3X1 VE6CAJ – Bert Dyck, of Boyle, AB, at age 80, on March 31, 2016.
The Incoming QSL Bureau service is
a user‑pay system, using one of four VE6ITV – Scotty Smith, of Barrhead, AB, at age 75, on November 26, 2017.
methods – (A) envelopes (B) credits (C)
labels or (D) combination credit with labels VE7ABK – Vern Cornelius, of Kelowna, BC, at age 79, on October 10, 2017.
– to get cards to you. Visit http://wp.rac.ca/
the‑rac‑national‑incoming‑qsl‑bureau/. VE7APU – Doug Lockhart, of Surrey, BC, at age 76, on September 18, 2017.
(*Note: Method B is preferred).
VE7DK – Dennis Livesey, of Delta, BC, on October 12, 2017.
VE1 – VE0 Bureau (B)
Brit Fader Memorial QSL Bureau VE7DOS – Jerry Joyce, of Naramata, BC, at age 87, on November 6, 2017.
Sponsored by the Halifax ARC VE7KPT – Dave Kidd, of Prince George, BC, at age 58, on October 20, 2017.
Tom Caithness, VE1GTC
PO Box 8895 VE7SLF – Sam Fisher, of Mill Bay, BC, at age 71, on October 12, 2017.
Halifax, NS B3K 5M5
VE2 Bureau (A, B)* VE7VRL – Madeleine LaHay, of Abbotsford, BC, at age 77, on November 13, 2017.
Jacques Dubé, VE2QK VE9AJ – Albert Legere, of Pointe de Bute, NB, at age 98, on November 20, 2017.
875 Rue St‑Sévère
Trois‑Rivières, QC VE9IBM – Laurie Mersereau, of Fredericton, NB, at age 66, on October 30, 2017.
G9A 4G4
VE3/VA3 Bureau (B) VE9SP – Bernard Saint‑Pierre, of Néguac, NB, at age 95, on October 31, 2017.
Michael Brickell, VE3TKI VO1CR – Charles Phillips, of Sain John’s, NL, at age 84, on November 10, 2017.
PO Box 216
Streetsville, ON L5M 2B8 VO1ZZ – Brian McDonald, of Outer Cove, NL, at age 77, on November 29, 2017.
http://ve3qcb.ca/
VE4 Bureau (B) Note: The list of Silent Keys is prepared by volunteers at RAC Headquarters. Please send
Harm Hazeu, VE4HAZ obituary notices by email directly to rachq@rac.ca with a copy to the following address:
7 Ashley Cove ic.spectrumamateur-spectreamateur.ic@ic.gc.ca.
Winnipeg, MB R2G 2Z3
VA5/VE5 Bureau (B) VA7/ VE7 Bureau (B) VE9/VY2 Bureau (B) VO Bureau (B, C)*
Todd Bendtsen, VE5MX Ken Clarke, VE7BC Bob Sherwood Memorial QSL Bureau Rick Burke, VO1SA
616 Moffet Drive 12441 – 58A Avenue Sponsored by the Moncton Area ARC Box 23099, Churchill Square
Weyburn, SK S4H 2M7 Surrey, BC V3X 1X6 Lou Nickerson, VE9LMN St. John’s, NL A1B 4J9
VE6/VA6 Bureau (B) Box 73, Moncton NB E1C 8R9
Larry Chapple VE6KC VE8/VY0 Bureau (A, B)* Email: ve9lmn@yahoo.com VY1 Bureau (A, B)
208 Canterbury Place SW John Boudreau, VE8EV Hugh Henderson, VY1HH
Calgary, AB T2W 1P4 PO Box 3099 Box 33062
http://www3.telus.net/telwest/QSLBuro.html Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y5
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