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  1. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    I remember that clock. It was a have of mine. I always wondered how you reset it, it being so high. The clock tower at UCC was called "The Four Faced Liar", and was different than the school official time system back then.
  2. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Is that the lane behind the shops on Yonge? It's still there as service to the TTC and some of the shops. We moved to that area in 1977, but I don't remember any construction on the St. Clair Centre. Most of it the retail was indeed vacant though. CFRB Building & United Cigar Store haven't...
  3. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Me, Dad's Pinto. Cadillac's from that point forward, pretty much.
  4. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Wow, great picture. Harry Young moved down Yonge Street on the East side. The building to the right of the "S" in "Loans" is still there. Rolex has their repair office there, currently. I don't know when the St. Clair Centre went up. I used to walk through it all the time.
  5. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Ya I remember that. Back in the days when small kids could actually fit behind the front seats.
  6. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    I'm surprised they let the ivy grow like that. I was told it's destructive to grout. Looks nice, and I'd like that up my house to keep it cool in the summer, but it's destructive.
  7. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    The one guy standing up. "Waiter!"
  8. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    I believe Kim Mitchell used to live around there, on the South Side. I used to walk past this house every day after school. Nice street.
  9. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Ah I see. It's currently the most "connected" building in Canada. Colocation and NOC for most large Canadian comm companies. Although I'm in a related industry, it's strange to see such a facility stacked with nothing but computers. Rather impressive today, but not too sure about it's...
  10. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Any chance anybody has some history on 151 Front St. West?
  11. BeeRich

    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    I agree. It's not like today is any different.
  12. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Wow. Video is so powerful. The Exhibition
  13. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Posing hottie on corner.
  14. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Some hams can hook up a metal bed frame, with all its springs, etc., and tune it up for doing DX (distance) on 5 Watts. With a good tuner you can pretty much hook anything up. No predictions on the signal pattern, but it's been done. It's a shame I can't put up a tower.
  15. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Great question. Perhaps sent to the US and broadcasted down there. Could have bounced, but that is truly odd for FM. On sideband, which is quite a regular single bounce, usually ends up down that far. Field Day, is an exercise around North (and now South) America where we practice the whole...
  16. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Remember that Canada is an expert at communications. "Average distance between a Canadian and their neighbour is too long to have guesswork at 'if they have any spare milk', if you need any, especially if it's winter." There is a reason why RIM is in Canada. We know long distances. I think...
  17. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Some AM are given a label called "Clear Station" where they literally own the frequency in North America. AM is quite wide, so the signal isn't meant to travel very far. Ted Rogers increased the power of CFTR (Canadian Frequencies Ted Rogers) so he could hear it up in Muskoka (he played with...
  18. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Actually, it's the solar radiation that carry that propagation. FM doesn't demonstrate this and is basically "line of sight". I have a shortwave long wire made out of speaker wire that runs outside the length of my house, three times in a zig zag fashion. Bedroom to office to back deck to...
  19. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    I have an iambic key with red paddles around here somewhere. Something like this:
  20. BeeRich

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Yessir. That reminds me...7415 KHz over New Year's Eve, is usually filled with pirate radio from around the world. Good time of year to SWL.

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