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Shalom Melzer Givataim, Tel Avia Israel QCWA # 22318 Chapter 124 |
Information about my father remembered to the blessing Mr. Shalom Meltzer who was one of the first amateur radio 4X4MS
Scholem was born in Berlin in 1927 at the end of the short-lived Weimar Republic,
When he was about six years old, he was orphaned by his father and immigrated to Israel with his mother in the waves of the Fifth Aliyah in 1935. After a period of easy adjustment, they settled in Herzliya, where he passed the days of his youth and freedom.
Shalom was discovered to have diverse talents from an early age, mainly in technical fields as well as in drawing and painting.
After graduating from elementary school, he was forced to go to work due to financial difficulties and was absorbed as an apprentice in a garage for heavy mechanical equipment belonging to a local drilling and earthworks company.
As a teenager, he became interested in electricity and electronics and began to devote his time and energy to radio enthusiasts. Even in the days of the Mandate, despite the limited means, he built various devices and operated a station that was renowned in Herzliya and the surrounding area.
From childhood he was also an avid stamp collector and persevered with this throughout his life. Shalom took his hobbies seriously and thoroughly and dealt with them with great skill and the acquisition of up-to-date knowledge.
In the early 1960s, he joined the technical team of Solel-Boneh / External Works and was one of the first to work on projects in Asian and African countries. At every site where he worked, he received the appreciation of his co-workers and superiors for his friendly attitude, professionalism and seriousness at work.
His local colleagues in each country in which he worked, respected him due to his unconditional human attitude to their beliefs and traditional way of life. Here, too, his skills in absorbing new material and equipment, cracking unconventional problems and, as always, with personal charm and special humor, came to the fore.
Shalom represented the beautiful Israeli without quotes!
In the last years of his life, his health deteriorated, and he passed away on Wednesday, November 19, 1997.
During his lifetime, he acquired amateur radio friends from Israel and around the world who accepted his death with astonishment and deep sorrow and were quoted as saying: "We have lost an old friend, with human and professional openness who was willing to be of help at any time to any colleague."
May his memory be blessed!