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BID : 3274_VE2HAR
Read: GUEST DG5YMS DJ2RT
Subj: First Packet Radio Transmission
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From: ve2har@ve2har.#mtl.qc.can.noam (Robert)
To: net105@ww
At around 9pm on May 31, 1978 the first known transmissions of packet over Amateur Radio were sent. The place was the upstairs banquet hall of Bill Wong's Restaurent on Decarie Blvd. in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event was a special meeting of the Mont
real Amateur Radio Club (MARC) called to discuss and debate proposed changes to the Canadian amateur frequency allocations that were being contemplated at the time by the Canadian Covernment Dept. of Communications (DOC). In attendance were several DOC of
ficials from Ottawa, including the Director General - Regulations, Dr. John deMercado. Dr. deMercado is considered by some to be the "father" of amateur packet radio due to his persistant pressure to open up an exclusive portion of amateur band to experim
ent with the new mode and due to his early experience on the Aloha project in Hawaii. Others take a less charitable view of his role in the matter.
The first packet message was reported to have been:
"From John deMercado to the Montreal group - Bravo, well done!"
or something like that. As is common with many historical events, the participants did not bother to record the particulars and memory now is less than perfect.
The Montreal Packet Net group consisted of:
Bob Rouleau VE2PY
Norm Pearl, VE2BQS
Fred Basserman, VE2BQF
Bram Frank, VE2BFH
Jacques Orsali, VE2EPH
Ted Baleshta VE3CAF
Ian Hodgson, VE2BEN
and others not mentioned.
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