Chas Aitkens supplied photo of Pachena Wireless & DF Station.


     This page provides links to other pages on my site.  They all expand on the coastal wireless history, the people, and events.


Victoria Times Newspaper PDF of various west coast wireless related news items from 1900 on.  Items include the construction of the stations and visits by staff. 
Victoria Colonist Newspaper As above.   The complete newspaper up to 1910 is on line here.
Station History Each station and some of its history in chronological order.
Bowerman & Harris Time Line A time line of Lofty and Jack's life.
Fairbanks-Morse Engine 1910 one lung engine similar to the thosed used at the wireless stations.
Contributed Photos Photos from other interested parties.
Joes Photos Joe Osborne sent in some photos from his operating stint in the 1940's.
Amateur Wireless Station A typical amateur wireless station of 1917.
Clippings Early wireless newspaper clippings, most from the Jack Bowerman collection.
Spark Transmitter Theory Explains how a spark transmitter works, and then shows a typical wireless station.
Triangle Island c.1912 December 1972 article on Triangle Island's early days from the Fisherman Paper.
Room 19--Operator School See how Walter Lambert's training room changed--photos from the early 1960's.
1918 de Forest receiver Excellent interior and exterior photos of a typical early receiver.
The Receiver Sequenced Radio Beacon transmitter and Controller equipment c.1930
Vanished 1908 newspaper account of an overdue freighter--no wireless
Coast Station Typical coast station apparatus operation c.1908