Keith McCredden has provided the following photos:

L to R  Back Row.     Karl (Charlie) Raecke, Geof Day, Geof McDonald, Keith McCredden, Len Martyn.

Front Row.      Alan Rogers (C&W), Dr Clarke, Manager R.H. (Randy) Payne, Peter Beechy (C&W) Alex Griffiths.

Mrs Betty Griffiths,  Mrs Molly Raecke,  Mrs Dixie Payne,  Mrs Clarke,  Mrs Ann Rogers,  Mrs Rita Day.

3 Griffiths children.  3 Payne children and John Day.

From Laurie McIlree:

Hi Peter,

The attached website contains a photograph of a cable station on Fanning Island and I am wondering if anyone can tell me if it resembles the original cable station there or a building later on as the site does make mention of cable station staff working on the island.

http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_line/fanning.htm

My daughter (google, Annie Frances) who does entertaining on passenger ships has visited Fanning Island and has been unable to find out any one who is aware of the old cable station building and I was hoping on her next visit this photograph may jog a memory.

Thanks

Regards

Laurie

Aloha,

Hoping all is well with you.

Some exciting developments have been taking place for Fanning Island. I am wanting to get you updated since we last met, communicated and/or traveled on the cruise ships. I have been consolidating all the business cards and contact information given to me from everyone who desired to know more or keep updated as to how things are for Fanning Island. This is why you received this email. If you desire to not be on this email list please let me know and I will remove your address.

The recent April Holland America Volendam cruise-ship that I traveled on was really a special one. Over ten boxes of supplies donated by the passengers and ship were collected and delivered to the Island council. Since 2003, so many other supplies have also been received and delivered with the help of the cruise-ships. I again want to thank those of you who have helped in some way. The people on Fanning so appreciate your compassion and Love.

A recent Volendam sailing was one not to be forgotten. An elderly lady from Australia was also on the ship and she had been born and raised on Fanning till she was 18 yrs. old. While on the ship as it returned to Vancouver BC, a special Good Morning Volendam interview/slide show presentation was allowed and she was able to tell her story of life on Fanning while being the daughter of the coconut plantation manager. It was such a great event.This video can now be seen at this address: https://vimeo.com/43439378

If you want to see other information and recent updates please visit the Pacific CARE Missions website: www.pacificcaremissions.org . There are some great write-ups and picturesof what has happened on the recent cruises.

Until we can sail and hopefully meet again,

RICH SMITH

Director Pacific CARE Missions

rich@pacificcaremissions.org

(970)389-0363

 1972 Sep P06

Fanning Island (From our Archives)
Letter from Desmond Kinnersley (25/2/04):

I am attaching some digital photos of some of the equipment in use on the old telegraph cables. They were taken at Fanning Island in 1962 about a year before the station closed due to COMPAC coming into service.

The equipment pictured was the the tri channel equipment used at Fanning Island on the fast cables between Suva, Fanning and Bamfield(Vancouver) to provide time division mutliplex operation ( even though it was done with cams and contacts). Additional slow speed cables were also operational between these stations.

Both these cable types were capable of SIMPLEX operation only, so the direction of operation on the Fast/Slow cables depended on Traffic peaks.

Normally these cable were switched on a 12 hourly basis.

When working FAST HOMES (towards London) to suit Australian/NZ traffic peaks, the three channels were integrated at Suva:

A channel traffic from Sydney using the Sydney/Southport/Norfolk Island/Suva cables operating at 1087 ch per minute.

B channel traffic from NZ using the Auckland/Suva cable operating at 1087 ch per minute.

C Channel traffic from Sydney on a radio link uisng Double Current Cable Code equipment and later TOR working using Hasler MUX’s.
These three channels were then sent at an aggregate speed of 3262 ch per minute on the Suva/Fanning/Vancouver cables. A/B channels were then sent on to London using the Trans Canada landlines and Atlantic cables.

C channel was terminated at Montreal for Canadian traffic.

To suit UK traffic peaks, the cables were Changed Over to FAST OUTS (towards Australia/NZ).

A & B channels from London and C channel from Montreal were aggregated at Vancouver and sent on the Vancouver/Fanning/Suva cables at a speed of 3262 ch per minute where they were split at Suva into three separate channels.operating at 1087 ch per minute

A channel being sent to Sydney via the Suva/Norfolk Island/Southport/Sydney cable.

B channel being to Auckland via the Suva/Auckland cable.

C channel was terminated at Suva for local traffic.

The Suva/ Norfolk, Suva/Auckland and Sydney/Auckland cables were DUPLEX cables.

Note The speed of transmission on these cables were expressed in centre holes per minute. They refer to the small centre holes on the perforated tape which engage with the sprocket that feeds the tape through the transmitter unit.