[Milsurplus] Cold War Museum-Canada

[J. Forster]

If you are going to that neck of the woods, the Canadian C & E Museum is
also worth a look. It's very near Olde Ft. Henry, in KingstonOntario.

Best,

-John

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> My wife and I visited the Diefenbunker last Sept and what a fun and
> interesting trip. I met Nick, ve3owv after speaking a year or two with him
> on the air. I spoke with Nick one night on 40m in August on the Ranger
> they had just gotten on the air He gave us a great personal tour of the
> radio areas complete with in depth stories of the whole lot. We then took
> the guided tour that went thru all the levels and history. A wonderful
> trip.
>
> Definitely worth trip if your around that area. Also a side pitch is that
> Ottawa has a fantastic military museum, Canadian War Museum in the city
> that's also worth the trip - http://www.warmuseum.ca/home/
>
> It was worth the 7 hours or so each way for me.
>
> Rich
> n2ry
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Ralph Cameron <ramcam at magma.ca>
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:58 PM
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Cold War Museum-Canada
>
>
> 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
>
> _-- _
> EMC=electromagnetic compatibility means your consumer equipment should
> function in
> the existing enviroment in the manner for which it was designed.If you
> hear shortwave or broadcast signals while listening to a DVD- what does
> that tell you?
>
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