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37th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF ONTARS


LET'S CELEBRATE THE 37th ANNIVERSARY OF ONTARS WITH A RECOLLECTION OF HOW WES SAWCHUK VE3ADU AND HIS FATHER NICK VE3DID 

BOOTLEGGED A CALL SIGN ON THE ONTARS NET.

THE SAWCHUK'S AND THEIR ACTIONS REPRESENT  A PERMANENT SCAR ON THE OTHERWISE UNTARNISHED REPUTATION OF THE ONTARS NET.

THE REPREHENSIBLE EVENT IS BEING PERPETUATED  AS A TRADITION  BY  THE CURRENT MANAGER OF ONTARS VE3ISX 

VE3ISX IS A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF NICK SAWCHUK VE3DID AND INDIRECTLY WES VE3ADU

THE SAWCHUK'S USED THE CALL SIGN OF  WES VE3ADU WHO WAS A BOOTLEGGER AS HE DID NOT HAVE A MORSE CODE ENDORSED LICENSE. 

WES ACTED AS THE NET MANGER OF ONTARS FOR OVER A YEAR UNTIL HIS BOOTLEGGER ACTIONS WERE UNCOVERED BY RALPH VE3RJD

RALPH WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS RAN WES VE3ADU OFF THE NET AND OFF THE BAND.

WES WAS REPORTED TO INDUSTRY CANADA AND WAS NOT HEARD FROM AGAIN FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME.

I CONFRONTED NICK VE3DID ON THE SWAP SHOP ONE EVENING SOON AFTER WES HAD BEEN RUN OFF THE NET AND NICK ADMITTED TO KNOWING WHAT HIS SON HAD BEEN DOING.

THIS MADE NICK COMPLICIT IN THE ACTIONS OF HIS SON WES VE3ADU AND AS SUCH HE JUST AS MUCH A BOOTLEGGER AS HIS SON.

IN ORDER TO MARK THIS 37th ANNIVERSARY OF ONTARS I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DISDAIN AND CONTEMPT  FOR THESE MEN.

THIS IS MY METHOD OF REMINDING YOU THAT NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ONTARS!

HOPEFULLY THE CURRENT MANAGER AND THIS PARTICULAR CONTROLLER  WILL  PASS INTO ONTARS HISTORY AS A DARK TIME NOT TO BE SEEN AGAIN.  





SOME GREAT WEB SITES THAT ARE DEDICATED TO KEEPING YOU
UP TO DATE


HTTP://VE3DID.ONTARS.CA
HTTP://VE3ADU.ONTARS.CA
HTTP://VE3NJG.ONTARS.CA
HTTP://VE3YK.ONTARS.CA



 
 
 
 
 

ONTARIO SWAP SHOP WEB HISTORY SINCE FEBRUARY 2006

 
 
ARISTOCRACY

&


THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS



HOW WES SAWCHUK VE3ADU AND HIS FATHER NICK SAWCHUK VE3DID

RAN A BOOTLEG CALL ON THE ONTARS NET FOR OVER A YEAR

WHILE WES VE3ADU MANAGED THE NET AS THE  BOOTLEGGER

RE: VE3DID NICK SAWCHUK 

THE FOLLOWING ARE FACTS 



1.
VE3DID, Nicholas Sawchuk
78 CHAPEL STREET NORTH , THOROLD
ON, L2V 2E6
Qualification :Base/Basic ; Morse ; Supérieur/Advanced ;


2. 
VE3DID IS THE FATHER OF VE3ADU WESLEY SAWCHUK


3.
WESLEY VE3ADU  USED TO BE THE MANAGER OF 
THE ONTARIO AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE NET - ONTARS


4.
NICK VE3DID OPERATED THE SWAP AS HIS PERSONAL FIEFDOM.

IF AN AMATEUR PAYED HOMAGE TO NICK VE3DID AND IF THAT AMATEUR WAS AN INSIDER THEN THEY WERE ENTITLED TO PREFERRED  STATUS.

PREFERRED STATUS MEANT ENHANCED PROMOTION AND EXPOSURE OF YOUR LISTING



5.
VE3DID HAS A CB STYLE HANDLE WHICH THE GROUP USES WHEN
THEY REFER TO HIM.

HIS CB OPERATOR HANDLE IS:  "THE GODFATHER"


RE: VE3ADU WESLEY SAWCHUK 

THE FOLLOWING ARE FACTS



1.
VE3ADU, Wesley Cecil Sawchuk
31 AGAR DRIVE #113 , ST. CATHARINES
ON, L2M 7X5
Qualification :Base/Basic ; Morse ;


2.
VE3ADU IS THE SON OF VE3DID.


WES VE3ADU USED TO BE THE MANAGER OF THE 
ONTARIO AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE NET. -  'ONTARS'


3.
WHEN ACTING AS ONTARS NET MANAGER WES VE3ADU DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE ALLOWING HIM TO USE THE HF BANDS.

HE DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED MORSE CODE ENDORSEMENT.

WES ACTED AS NET MANAGER FOR OVER 1 YEAR

DURING THIS TIMEWES VE3ADU WAS BOOTLEGGING HIS CALL SIGN ON THE ONTARS NET AND ELSEWHERE ON THE HF BANDS



4.
VE3NJG CLAIMS TO BE A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF WESLEY VE3ADU


5.
VE3NJG, Nicholas Gurr
- , -
ON,
Qualification :Base/Basic ; Morse ; 


6.
WES VE3ADU HAS NEVER HAD SUCCESS IN BEING GAINFULLY EMPLOYED FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. 

WES HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF  VARIOUS  FORMS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE.

NOTWITHSTANDING THIS HE HAS NEVER DONE WITHOUT.

IN FACT IT HAS CAUSED HIM TO HONE A RAZOR SHARP EDGE ON HIS PERSONALITY AND MANNERISMS.

WHEN REQUIRED HE IS A MOST CHARMING FELLOW WHO HAS LEARNED HOW TO TALK HIS WAY INTO MAN A  BUCKET  FILLED WITH  ROSES.


ON THE LEFT IN THE PICTURE ABOVE IS THE CB'er KNOWN AS
'THE GODFATHER'   aka VE3DID.

THAT CB'er IS NICK VE3DID WHO AIDED AND ABETTED HIS SON
WES VE3ADU TO BOOTLEG HIS AMATEUR LICENSE ON THE HF BANDS.

ON THE RIGHT IS A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND OF THE SAWCHUK'S.

IF YOU DOUBT IT LOOK HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE WHERE

NICK VE3NJG GIVES A BIG SLOPPY KISS TO WES VE3ADU 

& NICK VE3DID 

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE    SMOOCH !


It would be interesting to find out what CONTRIBUTION Wes the Bootlegger made to the 

ONTARIO SWAP SHOP.

What prompted Nick VE3NJG  giving him a Credit at the bottom of the OSS page.

Why did you do that Nick?

WHY DO YOU INCLUDE A KNOWN BOOTLEGGER AMONGST YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS?

I KNOW THAT YOUR CHOICE OF FRIENDS IS JUST THAT 'YOUR CHOICE'

BUT IT SEEMS A CONTRADICTION TO YOUR PROFESSED STANDARDS.

ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU CLAIM TO ABIDE WITH 100% OF THE CANADIAN CRIMINAL CODE.

NICK (VE3NJG) I AM AND CONTINUE TO BE ASTONISHED THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF 

LIVING IN SUCH A STATE OF PERFECTION.

ARE YOU 100% SURE? NEVER A TRAFFIC TICKET? NEVER OMITTED SOMETHING ON A TAX RETURN? NEVER BROKE A RULE OR A LAW OF ANY KIND?

NOT EVEN ONCE NICK?



THIS IS A GRAPH OF MANAGERS OF THE ONTARS NET SINCE IT'S FOUNDING IN 1972

I WAS THE LAST MANAGER OF RECORD PRIOR TO THE CURRENT EVENTS 

THE ABOVE GRAPH WAS COMPILED BY VE3HMS WHO WAS AT ONE TIME WAS ORGANIZING A  HISTORY OF THE ONTARS NET.

THIS GRAPH  SHOWS THE  ONTARS NET MANAGER HISTORY

COMMENCING WITH  IT'S FOUNDER VE3BC TO VA3OU



VA3OU RESCUED ONTARS FROM THE DEATH GRIP THAT 

SHAWN VE3PSV HAD ON IT FOR 10 YEARS

VA3OU MANAGED THE NET FOR 3 YEARS

VA3OU PUT DOWN THE NEW CORNERSTONE UPON WHICH THE EXISTING 

VERSION OF THE ONTARS NET IS BUILT


N.B.
WES VE3ADU WAS NOT INCLUDED AS A NET MANAGER IN THIS CHART 

HE HAD  OPERATED AS A BOOTLEGGER DURING HIS TIME ON THE NET.

THIS BROUGHT SHAME ON THE ONTARS NET AND ITS OTHERWISE EXCELLENT REPUTATION.



I HAVE A SPECIAL GREETING FOR THE SAWCHUCKS VE3ADU & VE3DID
 



WHAT CONTINUES TO SURPRISE ME IS THAT THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON 

WHO HAS COME FORWARD TO DEFEND EITHER THE SON OR THE FATHER.

NOT ONE.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THE SAME AS MINE?

WHERE ARE YOUR PALS WES?

WHERE ARE  YOUR STAUNCH FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS NICK?



 


WES I WENT ON A LONG SEARCH 

I FOUND YOUR FATHER'S MOTHER 

SHE MISSES YOU SO MUCH!!

SHE SAYS YOU'RE JUST LIKE GRANDPA.
 


 



VE3NJG


NICK VE3NJG MAKES CLAIMS WHICH COULD LEAD ONE TO BELIEVE THAT HE MAY LIVE IN A
'STATE OF PERFECTION'

I would like to remind him of something said by a wise man.

Abraham Lincoln once said:

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues"




 

7.
I WAS A 'VICTIM' OF HIS TECHNIQUES WHEN HE WAS THE MANAGER OF 'ONTARS'.

WES HAD A KENWOOD TS-430S WHICH STOPPED WORKING WHILE HE WAS THE ONTARS NET MANAGER.

HE DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR IT.

I OFFERED TO LOAN HIM MY TS-440S-AT UNTIL HE COULD ARRANGE FOR REPAIRS TO HIS RADIO.

WES JUMPED AT THAT OFFER LIKE A KID IN A CANDY FACTORY.



8.
LOANING MY RADIO TO WES WAS A  SERIOUS MISTAKE IN JUDGMENT  ON MY PART.

I EVEN OFFERED TO DRIVE IT OUT TO HIM MEETING HIM  HALFWAY.

AT THE  TIME WES  LIVED IN ST. CATHARINES AND I LIVED IN TORONTO.

I ARRANGED TO MEET WES AND HIS FATHER NICK AT THE MERRITT HALL IN ANCASTER ONTARIO.

THIS IS WHERE THE HAMFESTS ARE HELD.

I GOT LOST ON MY WAY THERE AS I WAS MAKING MY WAY THROUGH BURLINGTON.

I WAS ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATE.

WHEN I PULLED UP TO THEM IN THE PARKING LOT THE FIRST THING VE3DID NICK DID WAS TO DRESS ME DOWN FOR BEING LATE AND WHERE THE HELL HAD I BEEN AND SO ON.

AT THE THE TIME IF I HAD HALF A BRAIN (WHICH I ADMIT TO NOT HAVING AT THAT TIME )

I SHOULD  HAVE   TOLD THE BOTH OF THEM TO GO "F" THEMSELVES FOR TALKING TO ME THAT WAY.

I HAD VOLUNTEERED TO LEND MY RADIO TO WES  AND I DROVE OUT TO MEET THEM BECAUSE WES DID NOT OWN A CAR.

BUT THAT WAS HOW VE3DID NICK SAWCHUK SHOWED HIS APPRECIATION.

JUST LIKE A PRAIRIE BOY WHO GREW UP IN A MUD HUT WITH DIRT FLOORS.



9.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEVERAL MONTHS THAT WES VE3ADU HAD MY RADIO

SOME OF US ON THE ONTARS NET DISCOVERED THAT WES DID NOT HAVE A VALID AMATEUR 

LICENSE FOR THE HF BANDS. 

HE WAS JUST A 'BASIC'

WES NEVER WROTE THE MORSE CODE TEST.

AT THAT TIME MORSE AT EITHER 5 OR 12WPM WAS REQUIREDT  GET ON THE HF BANDS

HIS LICENSE WAS NOT ENDORSED WITH THE REQUIRED MORSE QUALIFICATIONS 

FOR HF PRIVILEGES .

WES HAD NOT BEEN OPERATING LEGALLY ON THE HF BAND.

HE HAD LIED ABOUT HIMSELF TO THE ONTARS NET AND TO EVERY OTHER AMATEUR HE HAD 

COME IN CONTACT WITH.

VE3ADU WAS A BOOTLEGGER.



10.
WES HAD BEEN BOOTLEGGING HIS CALL SIGN FOR OVER A YEAR.

RALPH VE3RJD THE PREVIOUS NET MANAGER  DISCOVERED THIS ABOUT WES.

WES WAS RUN OFF THE ONTARS NET.

VE3PRG  ALLYN POLLOCK TOOK OVER AS NET MANAGER



11.
GETTING MY RADIO BACK FROM WES TOOK ME ABOUT 2 MORE MONTHS OF CALLING WES AND ASKING FOR IT.

HE WOULD  PROMISE IT, THEN NOTHING.

THEN HE WOULD PROMISE IT AGAIN, THEN NOTHING.

I WILL NOT GIVE ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THE  EVENTS THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE RETURN OF MY RADIO.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU I HAD TO CHECK IN TO THE ONTARIO SWAP SHOP AND DEMAND THAT NICK VE3DID INTERVENE WITH WES AND TELL HIM TO GET MY RADIO BACK TO ME.



12.
NEITHER THE FATHER OR THE SON CAN BE EASILY 

DISTINGUISHED ONE FROM THE OTHER.

THEY WORKED  AS A TEAM THEN AND IN FACT ARE STILL DOING SO AS OF TODAY.

SUFFICE IT TO SAY I GOT IT BACK.

I HAD TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY OUT TO ST. CATHERINES TO GET IT.

I HAD MY WIFE WITH ME AND SHE WITNESSED WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU.

WES CAME DOWN TO MEET ME IN THE  HALL OF THE LOWER FLOOR OF HIS APARTMENT BUILDING.

HE TOLD ME TO MEET HIM AT THE REAR WHERE THE GARBAGE WAS PILED.

HE WAS SWINGING MY RADIO BY IT'S CARRYING STRAP IN WIDE HIGH ARCS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE THROWN AT ME OR GO FLYING TO THE CONCRETE IF THE STRAP BROKE.

THE STRAP IS FOR CARRYING IT NOT SWINGING IT LIKE A HULA HOOP.

I RUSHED FORWARD AND GRABBED THE GRINNING FAT BOY BY THE ARM.

I HAD TO PULL MY RADIO OUT OF HIS HAND.

I CAN STILL SEE THE ARROGANT GRIN ON HIS FACE.



13.
WES VE3ADU WAS A BOOTLEGGER WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE FOR HF.

VE3ADU WILL ALWAYS BE THOUGHT OF AS A BOOTLEGGER.

HIS FATHER NICK VE3DID HAD FULL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HIS SON WES VE3ADU HAD BEEN DOING.

NICK VE3DID  ADMITTED THAT  TO ME TO ME ON THE AIR ON THE ONTARIO SWAP SHOP SOON AFTER WES HAD BEEN RUIN OFF OF THE ONTARS NET.

HE SAID HE KNEW WHAT WES VE3ADU HAD BEEN DOING  BUT THOUGHT IT WAS OK.

SUPPOSEDLY IT WAS OK BECAUSE WES CLAIMED TO HAVE A HEARING PROBLEM WHICH PREVENTED HIM FROM COPYING THE MORSE CODE.



14.
NICK VE3DID HELPED HIS SON WES VE3ADU IN COMMITTING THIS BOOTLEG EVENT ON THE ONTARS NET.
 
 
 
 
 


THE 10-4 CB'er KNOWN AS "THE GODFATHER" 
NICK VE3DID 


THIS SMOKE DETECTOR WAS ALLEGEDLY USED IN THE SAWCHUK HOME
FOR MANY YEARS 
UNTIL ONE NIGHT WES WAS RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY!
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