David Conn, VE3KL Bio

David Conn, VE3KL

Topic: Polarization of Radio and Optical Waves

David was brought up in Kingston Ontario where he was first introduced to amateur radio, astronomy and space science in the high school science club under the guidance of his science teacher, Mr. Tom Boardman.

He received his radio amateur license and his 25 word per minute certificate for proficiency in Morse code from W1AW in 1952, and went on to be an avid forty metre CW operator. David built his own transmitters and antennas while attending high school.

He followed a career in communication engineering after receiving his Ph.D. Degree from Queen's University at Kingston in 1970. He worked as a research engineer at Bell-Northern Research in Ottawa, taught microwave engineering at Carleton University and was the Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at McMaster University.

Since his retirement in 2001, David has divided his attention between digital photography, amateur radio projects, amateur radio software development and sports activities. He writes articles devoted to the development of amateur radio antennas which are published in the QCWA Journal, The Canadian Amateur (TCA) and the New Zealand amateur radio journal (Break-In).

David wishes to thank the committee for inviting him to attend the conference and for providing him with much appreciated assistance for his presentation.