Edgar, ON

4 Dec 62

F/O’s Doucet and Dubois visit Gap Fillers at Formosa and Tobermory. Mr. F Goodyear of WEADES in for Mode II testing.

Mode II tests started with Detroit ADS. RCAF Station Edgar was invited to curl with the Barrie Chamber of Commerce in Barrie. They had two rinks. Station Edgar won.

W/C H Hebb SORS/ADC visited unit.

Mode II tests completed. Officer’s Mess Dinner.

Mr. Martineau, Bouroughs, in for inventory check, prior to AFTO-87 for FST-2.

Impossible to change shift at GATR due to heavy snowfall. Necessary to walk in until CE ploughed the road. Mr. Martineau left.

Conference to review and discuss draft of SAGE Facility Technical Orders. There were 12 representatives from WECO, USAF, AMC, ADC, and also site personnel. Chairman was F/L Reader, AMC HQ. W/C G Murray, CO designate of Gypsumville, started familiarization visit. Exercise Big Noise.

Technical Order Conference concluded.

G/C Gauthier from ATPC AFHQ visited unit. Primary interest personnel particularly retention of junior Tech/Tel Officers.

31 Radar Squadron now capable of fully operational Mode II to Detroit ADS.

ADCOM break-down at repeater site 0101 – excessive power bumps caused the APU to stop. Received authority to begin verification of Facility Order on SIF.

G/C Mussels, AFHQ/COC visited for familiarization with SAGE LRR and discussions.

Sgt. Deault leaves for Ramore.

W/C Brunger, F/O Kelly, Mr. D O’Neill, F/L R Ling, Mr. R Sheppard, Mr. TK Andrew, F/O L Nafe, F/O A Sager, F/O JV Kelly, arrived for signing AFTO-87 for FST-2 and GATR.

AFTO-87 for AN/FST-2 signed. Borough’s personnel all leave except for Mr. P Wallbridge, who will remain until Mr. W Bellafontaine arrives.

All GATR A/G/A channels off. A complete rack re-allocation was performed to standardize this GATR with the others. Mr. Bellafontaine took up his duties in the SAGE Annex.

All A/G/A back on the air by 1200 hours.

G/C KC Cameron, ADC/SCESO, visited the unit.

ADCHQ declared this unit the winner of the 1962 ADC Safe Driving Award, non flying unit category. To win this award the unit compiled 337,322 accident free miles, under the supervision of FS AG Goodwin NCO i/c MSE and Sgt. FJ Hughes Safety Supervisor.

Mr. AS Atkinson and Mr. RS Athey of Canadian Arsenals arrived to conduct trials of ULT-501 and associated equipment.

Mr. Charles A Cason, Rome Air Development Center arrived for tests of experimental equipment. Mr. Higson CAL accompanied him.

Mr. G Thompson DND IS arrived for tests.

Cpl. JR Lacasse Med "A" transferred to 3 Wing HQ.

Trial flight held for testing. Results were satisfactory. Mr. D Martin of CGE conducted course on use of 7182 magnetrons.

Sgt. D Hardy reported in to take over as NCO i/c GATR. W/C Dempster attended reception at opening of Horseshoe Valley Ski Lodge.

Flight trials continued. Used live jamming and results were satisfactory. S/L DA Reid to ADC for meeting on LRR and DMCC organization.

CAL party left for Toronto.

Mr. L Rowlandson, MITRE, arrived to perform preliminary tests on impulse generator. Also attending were:

They took part in a conference and comparison tests of the impulse generator and ULT/501 Jammer built by CAL. The conference was in the morning and tests were conducted in the afternoon.

Exercise Apache Noose. F/O Beattie in to arrange for CE course. W/C Dempster was guest at Barrie’s Chamber of Commerce Dinner and Dance.

Mr. C Smith, Varion Ltd. Arrived. He conducted tests of magnetrons. No conclusive results other than the assumption that the HFR are not geared for high frequencies.

45 employees of Federal Pacific Electric given briefing and tour of LRR.

Cpl. WF Judge Med "A" transferred in from 3 Wing HQ. He was on special leave from 31 Jan 63 to 13 Feb 63.

Station Edgar host for Nora Men’s Basketball tournament.

CEO course 6301 accompanied by S/L E Fritsch briefed on LRR operation.

G/C Barclay and ten officers of Tri-Service Medical School given briefing and tour.

Mr. N Klukay arrived for installation of magnetic drums in both channels of the AN/FST-2B. Mr. Deacon and Mr. McKinnon of Bell Telephone in for discussions.

Mr. Long, Mr. Swetman, NE Company arrived for installation of solid state power supply in Channel A of FPS-508. Mr. Jalbuleh and Mr. Berryman of AMCHQ in to discuss NE603 maintenance.

C&E Mechanical maintenance course on FPS-507 started.

Progress Club of Toronto visited Station Edgar for tour and briefing.

ACE modification to AN/FST-2 started.

One FST-2 channel now out of service to allow ACE modification to be done. HF-1 off the air due to vertical linearity failure on the OA-929. Could not use OA-270 because FST-2B channel down for ACE modification.

Two S/L, 8 F/L and 5 F/O in for CTSO, SAGE course. Second C&E Mechanical course started.

Channel A and Channel B of FST-2 are now both back in service having both had the ACE modification completed.

Sgts. Lloyd and Doughty promoted to FS; Edwards, Herd and O’Doherty to Sgt. and 4 airmen promoted to Cpl.

Sgt. McIntosh and Sgt. Kelly from 1 R&CS Clinton for SAGE familiarization.

CEU modification party started refrigeration modification.

F/L Conn ADC Staff Officer Security – staff visit.

14 Squires of Knights of Columbus given short briefing and tour.

Colonel Sam Grashio USAF – NNR visited LRR for familiarization.

F/L Crooks and F/L Wonnacott ADC/SOPA – staff visit.

Surprise ADC security alert and test of nuclear defence.

Solid state power supply burned out. High voltage selector switch started, causing mass diode disintegration. Six X-80’s are QA’d. UPX-14 arrived. F/O Ellis takes over from F/O Doucet as SElectO. F/L Reed Station Uplands visited Station Edgar to discuss First Aid Course.

X-80’s arrived. Channel A back on the air. Mr. Swetman Northern Electric Company Belleville arrived to examine damage. AMC WO #524-623 – Conversion of the existing Air Conditioning Units in the SAGE Annex in accordance with CE183 #281-28 and plans, Drawing CEU S-11-3002-1 and Addendum #7 to Specification for Construction of Standard SAGE Annex Stage 1AFHQ SD #5205. Work completed by #1 CEU RCAF Station Calgary Alta. Major Edwards visited Station MIR from RESURG, Ontario Medical Region Oakville, Ont.

S/L Reid on TD to North Bay.

F/O Doucet departed on transfer to ADCHQ. F/O’s L’Homme and Harper reported in. FS Doughty goes on leave pending his transfer to Alsask.

F/L Williams ADC RSpecO – staff visit.

F/O Parent reported in.

F/L NW Raehder, FS JM Scale and Cpl. JA Beauregard conducted annual ADCHQ SOSUP inspection of supply section.

Mr. Reimer and one from CGE to install AN/UPX-14. F/C Benning, URTP 105 U Squadron London, Accounts, reported in on posting for special duty.

F/C Wesolowsky, URTP 102 U Squadron Montreal, Pers./Admin., reported in on posting for special duty.

FST-2 off the air for four hours to facilitate the TCTO 714 modification. Toronto Section of IEEE given LRR briefing and tour.

AFTO 88 for take-over of the UPX-14. Participating were S/L Reid, F/O Ellis, FS Lloyd, Mr. E Reimer, GEEIA, Mr. Jones, AMC, Mr. Hornsby from DND IS.

S/L Reid to SYADS for discussions. F/O Bereza reported in.

W/C Dempster inspected Air Cadet Squadron on Barrie North Collegiate. F/O WH Grady arrived at Station Edgar to assume the responsibilities of SAO from F/L CJ Eddie who is being transferred to AFHQ C/FIN effective 16 Aug 63.

W/C Dempster inspected Air Cadet Squadron Oakville Ontario.

F/O’s Harper, L’Homme and Parent started shift work in DMCC. W/C Dempster attended AOC’s CO’s conference at ADC.

Mr. LM Nagats of CGE Company arrived to investigate our UCR on azimuth bearing indicator. F/O EJ Kohls Med/Nurse TD in from Station Centralia as replacement for F/O P Robinson Med/Nurse on annual leave from 31 May to 2 Jul 63 inclusive.

Signed by:

(JH Dempster) W/C
CO RCAF Station Edgar