George Moss VK6GM 1903 - 2000   Silent Key July 15th 2000

Thanks to VK6PW for assistance with the preparation of this file

History
FORM D.

COMMONWEALTH  OF  AUSTRALIA

Address all communications
        to  Wireless Branch                        Postmaster General's Department.
        Postmaster-General's Dept.,
        146 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.        Telegraphs  &  Wireless Branch,
                                                           Chelford House,
                                                               146 Flinders Lane,
                                                            MELBOURNE.

                                                        OCT 30 1923

Dear Sir,
With reference to your application for an Experimental Licence,
I desire to inform you that on receipt of the attached Declaration properly completed and the fee of 10/- a licence will be issued to you.

The remittance should be made by Money Order, Postal Note or Cheque.
Postal Notes and cheques should be crossed and made payable to the Receiver of Public Monies.
Cash should not be forwarded unless by registered post.
Exchange should be added to all cheques.


                                                           Yours faithfully,

                                            (signed)  J. Malone
Encl.                                                   Chief Manager,
                                                                          Telegraphs and Wireless.
( The above is a reproduction of the original letter)
(Below is a reproduction from the original receipt)
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
G.  (Aust. Govt. crest)   R.                                      C 384473
          
                                                                              27 . 11 . 1923
RECEIVED from             G Moss
the sum of            ----------------------------- pounds
----- ten  shillings and ------------------------- pence
being fee for receiving licence.
                                     (signed)  J O Kelly
 ----- : 10 : ----
 
History from about 1983
From: VK6GM  - To  : VK6CW

Further to our discussion of Thursday, I omitted to mention that in 1938
I was the inaugural recipient of the Carl Cohen trophy awarded for activity in radio research.
I held it through the War years and into the early 50s
when it was awarded to the late Eric Cornelius, VK6EC,
for his work in developing experimental TV equipment.

Upon Eric's passing, his family handed the trophy back to the WIA
as it was too cumbersome to accommodate,
After all, it was an imposing piece, being about 2 feet (in the old language) high.
I understand Dave Couch,VK6WT, was involved in the return to the WIA.

At this point, it disappeared and it seems no trace of it can be found.
I wrote to the WIA about 4 years ago, pointing out that there
was a valuable and prestigious trophy somewhere out there which
could be brought back into circulation if it could be found.
They replied that they did not know it's whereabouts and would
look into establishing a replacement, which of course has never happened.

REPLY FROM BOB VK6BE

Re the Carl Cohen trophy. Yes I remember it well.
Two feet would be a conservative estimate of its huge size.
It was a cup and it must have weighed a couple of kilos at least.
No one wanted it and it was stored in my garage while I was President
and then would have been handed over with the Broadcast gear when I moved in 1971.
The cup by then was an embarrassment....no one wanted it. DE BOB VK6BE

Does any one have any idea as to what happened to this TROPHY ?


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