I am sad to report that my father, Bob Kavanagh, VE3OSZ, passed away on June
3rd after a short stay in hospital. He was first licensed in the early 50’s as
VE1YW in Fredericton and later became VE3AQO in Toronto for a few years. Back
in Fredericton, he revived his interest in ham radio in the 1970s and obtained
the call VE1AXT. After moving to Ottawa in the 1980s he became VE3OSZ.
He was a longtime CW DXer, with a special interest in 160 metres, and achieved
5BDXCC and 160m DXCC on CW with no more than 100 watts and simple antennas. He
started contesting in the 1970s and he and I enjoyed quite a few multi-operator
efforts together.
Away from the key, he was involved with the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club and
the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club for several years, ran a licensing course and was
an Accredited Examiner. He also served in an advisory capacity for The
Canadian Amateur regarding technical article submissions and wrote some
articles himself.
Professionally he taught Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto
and The University of New Brunswick and later worked for the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council in Ottawa. His wife Millicent predeceased
him, and he is survived by daughter Judy, son Steve (VE3SMA) and partner Rhoda.
https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/robert-kavanagh-1088431194
73,
Steve VE3SMA
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