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Canadian Government Radiotelegraphic Service [textual record]

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Date:

1912-1923

Reference:

R1191-35-8-E, RG42-B-9

Type of material:

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

165665

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Department of Marine fonds

Radio Branch

Canadian Government Radiotelegraphic Service
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Date(s):

1912-1923

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.05 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records created and/or maintained by the Canadian Government Radiotelegraphic Service. The sub-series includes a bound collection of questionnaires of equipment specifications for various Wireless Telegraph Stations across Canada, 1912-1915 (volume 1037). The questionnaires include a few private and experimental stations besides the government stations.

The sub-series also includes a reference file containing the synopsis of governmental telegraph, cable and radio interests and a proposal for combining them under one department in 1923. Also included is Order in Council 1745 of 31 August 1923, a 1917 map of government coast stations, and official lists of radio stations for 1922 (Vol. 1042).

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Canada. Radiotelegraph Branch

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Canada. Radiotelegraph Branch : The Radiotelegraph Branch was transferred to the Department of Marine from the Department of the Naval Service in 1922. The terms "Radiotelegraph Branch" and "Government Radiotelegraph Service" were used interchangeably in Dept. of the Naval Service annual reports, although Radiotelegraph Branch seems to be used more often. The work of the Radiotelegraph Branch consisted of the design, construction and operation of stations on the East Coast, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and West Coast; the licensing of all private radio stations in Canada and on Canadian ships; the inspection of all licensed stations in Canada and on ships plying to Canadian ports to see that they fall within the International and Canadian regulations; the examination of all commercial and amateur operators for certificates of proficiency in radiotelegraphy; and the administration of the Radiotelegraph Act. The primary function of the Government Radiotelegraphic Service was to provide facilities for communication with ships at sea and thus assist in their navigation, as well as providing means of communication with points not reached by existing land telegraph. The Service also undertook the handling of commercial messages with ships, commercial interstation communication between its stations; direct commercial service to Bermuda; the collection of accounts to various operating companies; and the foreign administration for radiograms exchanged by foreign ships through Canadian coast stations and by ships of Canadian registry through foreign coast stations. 1921 Dept. of the Naval Service annual report.

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Custodial history:

Volume 1037 was transferred to the National Archives in 1972 by Mr. Colin Brennan, Telecommunication Regulations Branch, MOT.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government

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RG42-B-9
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG42]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1037;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1042;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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