Our Origins

Origins of the PCARC

On November 4, 1948, eleven Pictou County radio amateurs met at the home of Jim McNabb VE1DZ in Trenton to discuss plans for organizing an amateur radio club. At that meeting Jim McNabb VE1DZ, Joe Miller VE1UK and Gus Chisholm VE1TX were appointed as a committee to draw up a constitution and by-laws for an Amateur Radio Club.

On December 2, 1948, twelve Pictou County amateurs met at the home of Joe Miller VE1UK to hear and discuss the constitution and by-laws drawn up by the committee. At this meeting a club was formed, to be known as the Pictou County Amateur Radio Club.

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First officers elected:

Position

Name

Callsign

President

Jim McNabb

VE1DZ

Vice-President

Gus Chisholm

VE1TX

Secretary-Treasurer

Mack Hattie

VE1NL

Activities Manager

Joe Miller

VE1UK

Charter members:

Name

Callsign

Jim McNabb

VE1DZ

Roy Ford

VE1HR

Joe Miller

VE1UK

Gus Chisholm

VE1TX

John Carlos

VE1RE

Mack Hattie

VE1NL

Vernon Bonvie

VE1YP

Al Haggart

VE1TC

Alex Cunningham

VE1EU

Doug Stallard

VE1PG

Ed MacKean

VE1OZ

Earl Cameron

VE1ZD

Gil MacBeth

VE1SY

Lawson Fulton

VE1UW

Dr. Arthur Blackett

VE1AZ