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K7FE
03-13-2008, 12:12 PM
A.R.M ., Association of the Radio hams of Monaco, has the sadness to
announce the death, on Saturday March 8th 2008, at the age of 84, after a
long illness, of their very dear friend Henky (Henri VAN KLAVEREN), 3A2AH.

Leaving his native country Holland, he came to settle, while still young,
at Monaco. Early on, he showed a taste for radio, and began his career as
a technician in a radio company of Monaco. In the early 1950's, Henky was
one of the first radio amateurs in the principality and one of the
founders in 1953 of the National Amateur Radio Society of Monaco (ARM). It
was at the time of the AM radio era, the true pioneers of radio who built
their own equipment, including sometimes electronic tubes, recovering
reformed military equipment. Later, when his professional job left him in
the leisure - he became meanwhile responsible for the maintenance of
equipment of a large French public works company -, he gave courses
preparation techniques for Radio licence. Henky was also long IARU Region
I liaison officer, and as such represented Monaco at numerous conferences
from the 1970's to 1996. Henky had almost ceased any amateur radio
activity in recent years because of his health, but was still available to
give technical advice, amend an electronic project to the judgment by a
radio amateur.

In these painful circumstances, we extend our deepest condolences to his
wife Maryse, who has devoted so much to him during his long months of
illness and hospitalization, and to his children and grandchildren.
The funeral took place at the Sainte-Devote catholic church in Monaco
Wednesday, March 12 at 14:30.



3A2LF,

Claude PASSET

ARM Secretary General

n1dl
03-14-2008, 12:07 PM
Sorry to hear Henky van Klaveren 3A2AH became a silent key. Unfortunately he followed two other Monaco oldtimers that recently passed away. 3A2CN Pierre Anderhalt and Jean Jaquenoud 3A2BF.
The ranks of oldtimers in 3A are thinning fast.

I fondly remember the friendliness and helpfulness of these hams when I operated from Monaco as a student in the early 1960s. Jean actually was the Inspector for the Direction Generale des Telecommunication and thus the Licensing Authority.

They will always stay in my memory. God bless old friends.
Karl N1DL ex 3A2AE

PA5COR
03-14-2008, 07:12 PM
May he rest in peace....

He will be missed in Holland too.


Cor

F5GE
03-17-2008, 09:32 AM
I have had pleasure to know henky, 3A2 AH. He was a friend of a good friend of mine, 3A2 EE who passed many years ago. I am very sad he is now silent key.
I would offer to all his family my more sincere condolences.
Gerard, F5 GE.