[Milsurplus] Cold War Museum-Canada

[Ralph Cameron]

Canada's only _Cold War Museum l_ocated in Carp near Ottawa ON will be 
on the air this coming week end in what is called "Doors Open Ottawa". 
The amateur radio station _VE3CWM _will be operating 20M around 14.025 
cw and 14.165 SSB for those wanting to contact our belwo ground station. 
The station is located about 25 ft underground while the four storey 
complex extends to 100 ft. below ground level. It was built when the 
threat of a Russian nuclear attack was threatened. Purpose was to 
accomodate the Prime Minister and the main government functionaries. 
Since the Prime minister at the time was John  Diefenbaker, the bunker 
was named after him. Ironically, he felt his place in time of 
hostilities was with his wife, so he never even visited the place. It 
was meant to survive a close by nuclear blast.

VE3CWM runs about 500w to a variety of vertical and fixed dipole 
antennas. Usually the Morse code is a great attractant to the youngsters 
who visit and even moreso when we get them to send their name with a key 
and buzzer. We also have a room full of ex WWII equipment and when you 
consider it could house 535 personnel when active and could survive for 
30 days completely self contained, its amazing it has survived. It is 
open 7 days a week and makes an interesting tour if visiting the Ottawa 
area. You can even sit on a shock mounted toilet, if the mood moves you.

For those interested  www.Diefenbunker.ca.

Ralph
VE3BBM

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