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"As they walked, stopped and contemplated, pilgrims lived through many emotions and felt the extreme gratitude of local residents whose families were liberated all those years ago." www.vanguardcanada.com OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2017 27 tially and fellow pilgrims remarked that at least they weren't bullets. As they thought about the conditions soldiers had faced, they could not gripe about sloshy foot- wear, wet hair or drenched clothing. Buster Rogers of New Brunswick can still visualize Tyne Cot, the largest cem- etery for Commonwealth forces in the world. "It was huge," he says. "I couldn't believe the enormity of the grounds, row upon row upon row. You just felt empty. Knowing all these people went to war. On a wall were the names of 25,000 people who were never found." Even after a quarter-century of reserv- ist experience, Rogers says he didn't an- ticipate the range of things he would see and array of emotions he would feel. One day while looking at inscriptions on gravestones he came across one that read, "he's just away." The same inscription is engraved on his own brother's headstone. Some fields they visited were the sites of battles so fierce it was impossible to locate all the remains. In others, the unexploded ordinance still litters the ground. "I might have been the one to go to war and not return," Rogers thought as he gazed across battlefields and the magnitude of the past settled in, uncomfortably. "We would look at each other and think about the condi- tions. This must have been hell." a pilgrimage is born The Royal Canadian Legion's Pilgrimage of Remembrance began in 1936 with a vis- it to Vimy, France for the unveiling of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. Since then, the Legion regularly leads a group through the historic region with John Goheen, an experienced guide from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia whose own grandfather fought in France. His grand- father returned - missing a leg. During the expedition, Goheen draws upon his vast knowledge of historic and little-known details. This was his eleventh tour and he never tires of it. "I'm still the last guy in the cemetery, nothing becomes routine about it," he says, remarking that he feels more at home in these historic places than in many parts of Canada itself. It has become part of his very fabric and not a day goes by that he doesn't think about what happened in that part of the world. On this trip, Goheen led pilgrims to over 90 different spots, many of which are rarely visited - by anyone. "It changes people," he says. "They think differently about who they are, about Canada, about what they've got." The expedition is an ongoing part of the Legion's efforts to encourage the re- membrance of Canadians whose sacrifices paved the way for the freedoms enjoyed today. This year's delegation was the larg- est yet, with 42 people making the jour- ney. Over the years, Veterans, relatives, Legionnaires, teachers, and others have joined the group. Those who make the journey visit some of the most significant v vImY rIdge product showcase inUAVi, a Mississauga, Ontario based innova- tive start-up in the drone radio frequency monitor and sensor market, re- cently announced avail- ability of an RF measure- ment instrument for use from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) that collects and relays data in real time to the drone operator from an application integrated with the drone's operating system. The advanced technology dis- rupts the industry norm, which currently relies on heavy, ground- based instrumentation strapped onto a drone, without the ability to deliver real-time data to the operator. "We're excited to introduce our advanced electronic sensors and payloads that are controlled through the core UAV system, transforming the way data is collected and processed using air- borne platforms," said Marc Bouvrette, President of inUAVi. "For enterprises doing antenna inspections and deployments, real time measurements can enable immediate adjustments to the network, provide more accurate measurements, and reduce the time required to inspect and adjust wireless equipment." inUAVi's lightweight, highly-integrated and portable applications run on common iOS platforms, automating previously complex measure- ments and delivering results literally to the palm of the operator's hands. inUAVi's proprietary radio modules currently process signals in commonly used WCDMA and LTE bands, providing spectrum data, channel power, and other key measurements that can be collected and relayed to ground stations in real time. "Payload constraints and data collection capability from radio mod- ules and sensors are the factors which have limited the kind of data collection that inUAVi will deliver," said Bouvrette. "At inUAVi, we see unlimited potential to transform the current data collection model and make UAV solutions even more powerful and flexible." inUAVi's equipment can be used for drone-enabled measurement of antenna alignment, wireless network quality measurements, and performing repeater pre-installation site surveys – all with much im- proved ability to inspect actual radio signals and not just the external radome typically checked by humans during antenna alignments. Gap Wireless, a leading distributor of products and services for the mobile broadband and wireless markets, now stocks and distributes inUAVi products. INUAVI TRANSFORMS WIRELESS DATA MEASUREMENT FROM DRONES WITH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

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