Joe sez:  I'm a more recent R/O getting my ticket in 1943, doing the beacon circuit out of Digby to the Charlottes, then to Coppermine for 2 years and 1 year at Spring Island before getting out of the DOT.

Joe Osborne

	001 JHO	Deadtree Point, Queen Charlotte Islands.  General view of the operations building.  The site was directly north across the inlet from present day Sandspit Airport.
	002 JHO	Typical section of plank road north of Deadtree Point on the QCI.
	003 JHO	Three operators from Dead Tree Radio in the mid 1940's.  Photograph taken in the station's area and show, from the left D.Donaldson, Al Hooper & Ken Lockett.
	004 JHO	Digby Island residences from a mast top taken in 1945.  Station eventually moved over to the airport on the other side of the island.
	005 JHO	Digby Island looking north east towards Prince Rupert, again from the top of a mast.
	006 JHO	Digby Island looking south west towards the Marine Services area, again from the top of the mast.
	007 JHO	Operators Clive Mclaren, Joe Osborne, Norm Strand. Digby March 1945
	008 JHO	Operators Lorne Nelson, Ken Maynard & Joe Osborne- Digby Sept 1945.
	009 JHO	From the left are operators Lorne Nelson, Ken Maynard & Joe Osborne at Digby Island in September 1945.
	010 JHO	General view of Spring Island Loran in the 1940's.  Note the dipole antenna masts.  Frequency was around 1800 kHz.
	011 JHO	LORAN Tx/Rx equipment.  LOng RAnge Navigation.  Station sent out a radio signal as a pulse.  This pulse was synchronized with another from a station in Alaska and one in Washington.  Time differences between the pulses could be transferred to a chart and a navigator on a vessel could determine his position accurately.
	012 JHO	Typical Spring Island residence.
	013 JHO	Richard Lobb leaving Spring Island for the last time.  Dick has the grin and his "going to town" clothes on.
	014 JHO	Joe Osborne himself at Spring Island.  Joe is holding a glass Japanese fish net float.  These floats drift across from the Japanese side of the Pacific and wash up on the north American coast.
	015 JHO	The Spring Island Landing Craft.  The station was installed by the USCG during WWII to emit radio navigational signals for vessels and aircraft operating along the coast.
	016 JHO	General view of Spring Island station.
	017 JHO	Spring Island's plank road down to the beach landing area.
	018 JHO	Triple Island light station.  Located west of Prince Rupert, BC.
	019 JHO	View of two lighthouse tenders servicing Triple Island.
	020 JHO	Triple Island in a bit of a blow.
	021 JHO	Radio operating position at Cape St. James in 1945.  The radio station was co-located with the lighthouse at the extreme south end of the Queen Charlotte Islands.  This site was staffed with RCAF personnel during the war.
	022 JHO	1945 photo of the Digby Island operating position--looking right.
	023 JHO	Digby Island operations building in the 1940's.
	024 JHO	1945 photo of the Digby Island operating position--looking left.
	025 JHO	Langara Island light station located on the north west tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands.  This site was also staffed by RCAF personnel during WW2.
	026 JHO	Langara Island dwelling in the 1940's.
	027 JHO	Langara Island with possibly Jack Leeming standing next the truck.
	028 JHO	Langara Island landing.
	029 JHO	Transmitting equipment at Langara Island.  c.1940
	030 JHO	Neil Lang at Langara Island.
	031 JHO	Langara Island equipment in 1946.
	032 JHO	Cape St. James view.  Southern tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
	033 JHO	Looking south from Cape St. James.
	034 JHO	Deadtree radio station operations desk.
	035 JHO	Deadtree radio station operations desk.