CAMPERDOWN WIRELESS STATION
HX MHX VCS
The Canadian Marconi Company Limited
owned and operated the Camper down Wireless Station.
CHEBUCTO HEAD WIRELESS
STATION
VAV
The Canadian Government owned and
operated the Chebucto Head Wireless Station.
This was the first Radio Direction
Finding Station opened in Canada.
The service provided by VCS was
transferred to VAV when Marconi closed the VCS station.
CAMPERDOWN RADIO
VCS
July 30th, 1935 - November 1st, 1962
The Canadian Government closed VAV
and moved the station back to a new building at the VCS site.
HALIFAX RADIO
VBQ
1936 - November 1st, 1962
This station provided a
radiotelephone service for ships from the city of Halifax
and a radiotelegraph (c/w) service
for Sable Island VGF and with Ottawa VAA.
This station also provided an
operator for the Sambro Lightship call sign VXR.
Halifax Radio VBQ became part of
Halifax Marine Radio VCS on November 1st, 1962.
HALIFAX RADIO
CFH
January 1st, 1946 - April 1st, 1964
This Naval Station provided a
service known as the British Commonwealth Communications Scheme.
The British Commonwealth
Communications Scheme portion of this station was moved to VCS.
This made it necessary to build a
remote receiver site on the south side of the village of Ketch
Harbour and a remote transmitter
site at Pennant.
The British Commonwealth
Communications Scheme portion of VCS terminated in April 1968.
HALIFAX MARINE RADIO
VCS
November 1st, 1962 - October 1st,
1975
Camperdown was renamed Halifax
Marine Radio.
All Canadian Aeradio and Marine
Radio Stations were combined and the marine portion was known as Marine Radio.
Halifax was one of the few marine
radio stations that was not combined with Aeradio and located at the nearest
airport.
The operators were trained for both
jobs and often an operator from VCS would go to the airport and operate
Halifax Aeradio VFH5.
Halifax Marine Radio moved from the
old site at Camperdown down the road to the remote receiver site at
Ketch Harbour on March 1st, 1970.
HALIFAX COAST GUARD
RADIO
VCS
October 1st, 1975 - November 19th,
1996
The Aeradio and Marine stations
reverted back to the Air and Marine service as separate stations in Canada.
The operators became part of the
Canadian Coast Guard on June 29th, 1979.
An opening ceremony was held May
30th, 1988, to open a new operations building.
Major renovations had been made to
the 1970 building.
HALIFAX TRAFFIC
VBJ20
October 6th, 1972 - November 19th,
1996
The Canadian Coast Guard was formed
on January 26th, 1962.
The Canadian Coast Guard constructed
a system of stations to control ships and shipping
similar to the system in use to
control aircraft. Halifax Traffic was one of the first of these stations to
open.
The station operated in a building
at the base of the Chebucto Head Lighthouse. In 1985 the operations room of
this station moved into a new building next to the A. Murray MacKay bridge on
the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbour known as Shannon Hill.
HALIFAX COAST GUARD
RADIO
VCS
November 19th, 1996 - Still in
service.
When VCS transmitted the final
radiotelegraph (c/w) message transmitted by the station the remaining
radiotelephone and SITOR service was combined with VBJ20 to form Halifax Coast
Guard Radio VCS.
The combined station is located in
the building built for Halifax Traffic VBJ20 in 1985 known as Shannon Hill.
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