Larry Kayser

Larry Kayser was the Chief Engineer of United Christian Broadcasters in Belleville. He passed away to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on October 5, 2004.

The document The Quest for Excellence in Canadian Christian Radio as dedicated to the memory of Larry Kayser.

Tribute Larry Kayser, HAM radio operator VA3LK/WA3ZIA, of Westport, Ontario, Canada, died unexpectedly October 5. He was 64. An ARRL International Life Member, Kayser was widely known throughout the Amateur Radio community for his technical expertise as well as his operating skill and accomplishments.

In February. 2001, Kayser and Laurie Mayhead, G3AQC, made ham radio history by completing the first two-way transatlantic Amateur Radio exchange on 136 kHz. A consummate experimenter, Kayser in recent years was very active in low-frequency work, but in earlier decades he was involved in Amateur Radio satellites and contributed to the AMSAT AO-7 project.

A member of the First Class CW Operators Club (FOC), Kayser for a time during the 1990s edited the "CW Today" column for The Canadian Amateur, the journal of Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC). In addition to ARRL and RAC, Kayser belonged to the Quarter Century Wireless Association.

He was retired from Bell Canada. Source: http://www.qcwa.org/va3lk-sk.htm

Death Notice (10/09/04)
KAYSER, Lawrence (Larry) S. Passed away suddenly Tuesday. Larry will be sorely missed by his wife Joyce, his sons Ian and Steven, his grandchildren Bradley, Laura, Samantha, Sasha, Sean, his daughter-in-law Susan, soon to be daughter-in-law Ashley, and her children, Joshua, Megan and Abbie. Larry was a life long amateur radio enthusiast and spent much of his time and energy helping the United Christian Broadcasters plan and build transmitter facilities for their radio stations.

The family requests, on Larry's behalf, that donations in lieu of flowers be forwarded to:

The United Christian Broadcasters,
P.O. Box 23095,
Belleville, Ontario, K8P 5J3
Celebration of Larry's Life was held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Saturday, October 16th at 2 p.m. in Westport Ontario. Source: The Ottawa Citizen.