Radio Alumni

Stations

Acton	ON	Monitoring Station Photos taken in 2010
Aishihik	YT	Radio Range Station Radio Range Station Aishihik, Yukon Territory Terry Gibson Photo Album Life in the Yukon by Ernie Brown Photos - Aishihik, Yukon Territories - Ernie Brown
Alert	NU	Frank VanderZande Recalls... Frank Adams Photo Album Antennas and Riggers Jim Jung Photo Album
Alert Bay	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAF
Almonte	ON	Monitoring Station 1956 - Move to Almonte
Arctic Bay	NU	Ionosphere Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson
Baie Comeau	QC	Marine Station Victor Decloux
Baker Lake	NU	Ionosphere Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson Gerry Brushett Photo Album Victor Decloux
Barrington Passage	NS	Marine Station - Call Sign VAL Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Battle Harbour	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VOA Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Beaumont	QC	Monitoring Station Beaumont by Laval Desbiens
Belle Isle	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VCM Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 Cecil Kenny Photo Album Bob Ferguson
Border Beacon	QC	Weather Station Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 Jean Pierre Lehnert
Bull Harbour	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAG
Burwash Landing	YT	Milt Watts Photo Album
Cambridge Bay	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VFC Souvenirs of Cambridge Bay Radio from Milton Watts (1951-1953) Cambridge Bay (again) from Milton Watts (1954-1955) Milt Watts Photo Album
Camperdown	NS	Marine Station - Call Sign VCS
Canso	NS	Marine Station - Call Sign VAX Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Cap aux meules (Grindstone)	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCN Some Early East Coast Sparks
Cape Bear	PE	Marine Station - Call Sign VCP Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Cape Hopes Advance	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAY Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 "A Sojourn in Canada's Eastern Arctic" by Ernest G. Hollands
Cape Race	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VCE Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 Silas Tucker
Cape Ray	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VCR Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Cape Sable	NS	Marine Station - Call Sign VCU Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Cardinal	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VDQ
Cartwright	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VOX
Charlottetown	PE	Marine Station - Call Sign VCA
Chebucto Head	NS	Some Early East Coast Sparks
Chelsea	QC	Ionosphere Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson
Chesterfield Inlet	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VBZ Radio Range Station and Weather Station "A Sojourn in Canada's Eastern Arctic" by Ernest G. Hollands Mike Power Photo Album Victor Decloux
Churchill	MB	Marine Station - Call Sign VAP Ionosphere Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson "A Sojourn in Canada's Eastern Arctic" by Ernest G. Hollands Frank VanderZande Recalls... Mike Power Photo Album Victor Decloux
Cloverdale	BC	Monitoring Station Cloverdale monitoring station
Clyde River	NU	Marine Station Ionosphere Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson The Clyde River Fire by Mike Morgan Victor Decloux Three Radio Operators from Clyde River Die in Plane Crash in 1949 * Addison Bruce Neill R.I.P. * Cecil Dawn McKenzie R.I.P. * B.S. McManus R.I.P. *
Comfort Cove	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VOO
Comox	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAC Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Coppermine	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VFU6 Elwood Lloyd Clark
Coral Harbour	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VFU Coral Harbour from John Gilbert Frank VanderZande Recalls... Gerry Brushett Photo Album Ernest Hollands Photo Album My 3 tours of duty in Coral Harbour - Scott Cameron
Corner Brook	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VOJ Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Dease Lake	BC	Jim Jung Photo Album
Edmonton	AB	Souvenirs of Edmonton Radio from Milton Watts 1955 - 1958)
Embarras	AB	Aeradio Station Terry Gibson Photo Album Elwood Lloyd Clark
Eureka	NT	Eureka (On top of the world - 1957) from John Gilbert Frank VanderZande Recalls... John Gilbert Photo Album John Trinko Photo Album
Fogo	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VOJ Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Forrest	MB	Monitoring Station Rivers - Forrest - Winnipeg Monitoring Stations
Fort Chimo	QC	Ionosphere Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson
Fort Smith	NT	Monitoring Station Fort Smith Monitoring Station
Frobisher Bay (Iqualuit)	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VFF Old Sparks and Stations
Glace Bay	NS	Marine Station - Call Sign VBT
Goose Bay	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VOK Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Gore Bay	ON	Marine Station
Great Whale River	QC	Bill Webb Photo Album
Grindstone (Cap aux meules)	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCN Some Early East Coast Sparks
Grosse Ile	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCD Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Halifax	NS	Marine Station - Call Sign VCS Some Early East Coast Sparks
Hartlen Point	NS	Monitoring Station '' Y '' and standard monitoring station
Headingley	MB	Ionosphere Station Monitoring Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson
Heath Point	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCI Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Hopedale	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VOQ
Inuvik	NT	Marine Station - Call Sign VFA Frank Statham's at Inuvik Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 Jean Pierre Lehnert
Iqualuit (Frobisher Bay)	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VFF Old Sparks and Stations Jean Pierre Lehnert
Isachsen	NU	Frank VanderZande Recalls... Antennas and Riggers Jim Jung Photo Album
Kenora	ON	Ionosphere Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson
Killinek	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VAW Jean Pierre Lehnert
Kingston	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBH Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Knob Lake	QC	Reynald Dionne Photo Album
Ladner	BC	Monitoring Station
Lake Eon	QC	Aeradio Station Weather Station Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 Reynald Dionne Photo Album
Lakehead		Monitoring Station
Langley	BC	Monitoring Station
Les Escoumins	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCF Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
London	ON	Bill Webb Photo Album
Lulu Island	BC	Monitoring Station Point Grey ' Y ' Monitoring Station Point Grey ' Y ' and monitoring station by Richard 'DICK' Lobb Some early photos at Point Grey and Lulu Island
Medicine Hat	AB	Souvenirs of Medicine Hat Radio from Milton Watts (1953-1954)
Melville	SK	Monitoring Station
Midland	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBC Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Montague	PE	Monitoring Station 1962 - Policing the airwaves Roger Squires Photo Album Bob Ferguson
Mont-Joli	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCF Victor Decloux Jean Pierre Lehnert
Montreal	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VFN VFN Montreal in the 1950s Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Mould Bay	NT	Frank VanderZande Recalls... Jim Jung Photo Album
Nitchequon	QC	Marine Station Nitchequon 1959/1960 A captivating story from Ed Harvey Al Daly Photo Album Jean Pierre Lehnert
Norman Wells	NT	Souvenirs of Norman Wells Radio from Milton Watts
North Bay	ON	Frank Adams Photo Album
Nottingham Island	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VCB "A Sojourn in Canada's Eastern Arctic" by Ernest G. Hollands Ernest Hollands Photo Album Bob Ferguson Jean Pierre Lehnert
Ottawa	ON	Ionosphere Station Monitoring Station Lab Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson The Ottawa Monitoring Station Recollections of the Ottawa Monitoring Station by Bill Wilson Roger Squires Photo Album Photos - Ottawa Monitoring Station - Ernie Brown Silas Tucker Victor Decloux
Pachena Point	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAD Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Pelee Light		Pelee Light from Richard Dillman Frank Adams Photo Album
Placentia	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VCP Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Point Edward	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBE
Point Grey	BC	Monitoring Station Point Grey ' Y ' Monitoring Station Point Grey ' Y ' and monitoring station by Richard 'DICK' Lobb Some early photos at Point Grey and Lulu Island
Pointe à la Renommée	QC	Marine Station
Pointe au Père (Rimouski)	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCF Old Sparks and Stations
Port Arthur	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBA
Port aux Basques	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VOJ Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Port Burwell	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBF
Port Hardy	BC	Jim Jung Photo Album
Port Harrison (Inukjuat)	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAL "A Sojourn in Canada's Eastern Arctic" by Ernest G. Hollands Bill Webb Photo Album
Poste de la Baleine	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAV
Prescott	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBR Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Prince Rupert	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAJ Ionosphere Station Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson Jim Jung Photo Album Photo of the radio room at Prince Rupert / VAJ in 1972
Québec	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCC Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 Jean Pierre Lehnert Quebec Marine/Aeroradio at YQB Airport
Resolute Bay	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VFR Aeroradio Station Ionosphere Station Resolute Bay Ionosphere Station Resolute Bay Ionosphere by Lloyd Cope A History of Resolute Bay Ionospheric Station by Carl Robinson A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson Frank VanderZande Recalls... Frank Adams Photo Album Mike Power Photo Album John Gilbert Photo Album Jim Jung Photo Album Silas Tucker Victor Decloux
Resolution Island	NU	Marine Station - Call Sign VAW "A Sojourn in Canada's Eastern Arctic" by Ernest G. Hollands
Rimouski (Pointe au Père)	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCF Old Sparks and Stations Victor Decloux
Rivers	MB	Rivers - Forrest - Winnipeg Monitoring Stations
Rivière-au-Renard	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCG Old Sparks and Stations
Rivière-du-Loup	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCD Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 Jean Pierre Lehnert
Sable Island	NS	Some Early East Coast Sparks
Sachs Harbour	NT	Frank VanderZande Recalls...
Saint John	NB	Marine Station - Call Sign VAR
Saint-Lambert de Lévis	QC	Monitoring Station Saint-Lambert by Laval Desbiens
Saint-Rémi	QC	Monitoring Station Saint-Rémi by Laval Desbiens Modernization of Saint-Rémi in 2010 Saint Rémi Monitoring Station on 31 December 2017
Sandspit	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAH
Sarnia	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBE Reynald Dionne Photo Album
Sault Ste. Marie	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBB Sault Ste. Marie Wireless Station from Diana Couch
Schefferville	QC	Marine Station Reynald Dionne Photo Album
Senneterre	QC	Monitoring Station Senneterre Monitoring Station
Sept-Iles	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VCK Victor Decloux
Smith River	BC	Souvenirs of Smith River Radio from Milton Watts (1950-1951) Milt Watts Photo Album
Smithers	BC	Jim Jung Photo Album
Snag	YT	Aeradio Station Life in the Yukon by Ernie Brown
Srathburn	ON	Monitoring Station Strahburn Monitoring Station
St. Anthony	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VCM Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
St. John's	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VON Ionosphere Station Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson
St. Lawrence	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VCP
St. Paul Island	NS	Marine Station - Call Sign VAT Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 Cecil Kenny Photo Album
Stephenville	NL	Marine Station - Call Sign VOJ Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Surrey	BC	Monitoring Station 1988 - Surrey monitoring site
Swift Current	SK	Aeradio Station Life in the Yukon by Ernie Brown
Sydney	NS	Marine Station - Call Sign VCO Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Teslin	YT	Radio Range Station Life in the Yukon by Ernie Brown
The Pas	MB	Ionosphere Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson
Thunder Bay	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBA Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Tobermory	ON	Tobermory Wireless Station (circa 1913) from Arthur Amos
Tofino	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAE Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Toronto	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBG Radio Range Station Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182 Toronto Aircraft Radio Workshop by John Gilbert John Gilbert Photo Album Victor Decloux
Triangle Island	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAG Station History on the website of UNIFOR Local 2182
Trois-Rivières	QC	Marine Station - Call Sign VBK Jean Pierre Lehnert
Tuktoyaktuk	NT	Marine Station - Call Sign VEK
Twillingate	NL	Marine Station
Vancouver	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAS Vancouver radio 1945-48 from Al Miller Jim Jung Photo Album
Victoria	BC	Marine Station - Call Sign VAK
Wetaskiwin	AB	Monitoring Station
Whitehorse	YT	Aeradio Station Terry Gibson Photo Album Life in the Yukon by Ernie Brown
Wiarton	ON	Marine Station - Call Sign VBC
Winnipeg	MB	Ionosphere Station Monitoring Station A History of Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson Rivers - Forrest - Winnipeg Monitoring Stations Silas Tucker
Wrigley	NT	Milt Watts Photo Album
Yarmouth	NS	Marine Station - Call Sign VAU Some Early East Coast Sparks
Yellowknife	NT	Marine Station - Call Sign VEM

Ionosphere Stations

Resolute Ionosphere was in the South Camp. One of the photos in the collection of Mitch Powell, given to him while he was at RB in 1955, was an undated photo of the Ionosphere station. The late Al Simpson and Vic Decloux had both served on the station and were able to identify the equipment. Si Tucker was there later and provided a list of operators who were there during his tour. Attached are some notes about the station equipment and operators. John G.

A History of the Canadian Ionospheric Work by Carl Robinson

Stations & Call Signs

Click here to view a pdf document of some of the pages from the 1936 List of Coast Stations. I am amazed that I was able to upload this file as it is over 14MB in size and the limit on file uploads is 10MB. Hope others can read it!

John Gilbert

Weather Stations

I am confused about station id's and would like to reflect the correct id's in a list of DOT stations. Click here to see a list of id's used at the Joint Arctic Weather Stations (JAWS) in the 50s. Comments/additions welcomed.

John Gilbert

The Radio Range

I thought it would be good to have a separate page for memories and articles about the Radio Range. Ernie Brown has written an excellent technical article about the Range (need link). A general article is attached as well as a piece on the duties of the RO at the Radio Range station writtenby the late Fred Keil.

Duties on the Radio Range

Fred Keil

The Radio Range - Communications and Aircraft Navigation

Jack Chalmers and John Gilbert

Abandoned Radio Station near Clear Creek, Ontario

(Ralph Cameron and John Gilbert)