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06-05-08, 18:30
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Back in the early 1970s I was stationed in Williams Lake with the telephone company and occasionally made trips out to and past Riske Creek. The telephone line was what is called "open wire" and everyone was on a party line. One of the morning rituals at the test desk was to phone the last person and if they answered, everything was working fine.
It's not well known but Riske Creek was also the home to #4 Special Wireless Station, opened in 1944. It's job was to eavesdrop on Japanese radio communications. Some of the personnel from here went on to #1 Canadian Special Wireless Group in Darwin, Australia. Bruce 
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07-05-08, 04:50
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Hi Bruce
You've probably seen this web page on No.1 Special wireless group. http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/sigint/1swg.htm Re: party telephone lines , we had them here too . Each house on the line would have its own ring code ... three short , or two long etc. The problem was the neighbours could listen in on your conversations . No secrets in those days ! Mike
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