Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[2001]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description

1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level

Item

Record No.

535-2562

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No restrictions

Accession Number

2018-12

Scope and Content

Photograph of Dean King, of Burnaby, sitting at a table with a desktop computer monitor and using a HAM radio during the annual Field Day event at Moody Park in New Westminster, during which radio clubs across North America test their emergency preparedness.

Subjects

Events

Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Radios

Media Type

Photograph

Photographer

Bartel, Mario

Notes

Title based on caption

Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Caption from metadata: "Dean King, of Burnaby, talks to fellow HAM radio operators around North America at the annual Field Day at Moody Park in New Westminster. The Field Day, hosted by amateur radio clubs from New West and Burnaby, connects radio clubs from around the continent to test their emergency preparedness. Last year, the operators at Moody Park made more than 2,000 contacts in 24 hours."

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