Name is Peter and I live in Truro, Nova
Scotia. I am 50 years of age and enjoy amateur radio very much.I have been licensed for about 16 years. I first started
with amateur radio with my dad (Harold Surette - VE1ALL) who
became a silent key in February of 2005. I spent a lot of
time around dad's shack growing up and listening and also
watching him work a lot of CW with his Vibroplex bug. As a
father son project, I was able to help dad put a Heathkit
HW-101 together as a kit. After a few long months of
building, we took
the rig to (Tex Matheson VE1AAX) for a final tuning and off
we went to the air. It was some evening when the first
contact was made. After moving to Truro I missed the radio
and decided to write my own license. Thanks to "B" VE1ALU
and Harold Thompson VE1AA, I was able to write my basic then
my Morse code. After I went for the advanced license and by
George, I got them. I spent many evenings on the air with
dad and as he got older, he looked forward to us chatting
together, After dad's passing, the family thought it would
be only proper for me to accept dad's callsign and I did
with great honour.
I am a license embalmer and funeral
director with Mattatall Funeral Home, Truro, where I
have worked for the past twenty years.
Ann my XYL (VA1ANN) is also an advanced operator and is a
great CW operator.
I also own the
Maritime Swap Shop which was placed in my hands by the late
Max Ross (VE1QM) and have looked after it for over ten
years. I also have been a Maritime Net Controller for the
past 11 years. I look forward in doing the net and really
enjoy doing the Swap Shop. I have learned a lot about
different equipment and also have seen a lot of different
things found with the Swap Shop's help. Things people
sometimes thought were lost causes. You never
know what people keep tucked away. Hi Hi