Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who writes:
Amanda Dawn Christie’s Book on the Radio Canada International Antennas
Amanda Dawn Christie together with Thaddeus Holownia and Radio Canada International has authored a 96-page bilingual book titled “Ghost Stations = Stations Fantômes” a catalogue of an exhibition in the Upper Gallery at 50 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, home of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, in March and April 2022. Amanda’s film and a shortwave radio simulcast were featured during the exhibition. From the preface of the book:
“Ghost Stations was an exhibition about the remarkable — and now-demolished — shortwave antenna array on the Tantramar Marshes in Sackville, New Brunswick that Radio Canada International (RCI) used to transmit programming internationally from 1945 until 2012.”
This is a true hard-cover art book with exquisite page display, typography, and binding and comes with a slip cover. Lots of great photographs and two extended essays: “Photography, Film, and Electricity” and “Radio Canada International’s Modern Spirit.” The end-pieces of the book feature images of a CBC Radio-Canada International Service QSL card.
A limited number of copies of the book are available from the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts:
Price List
Pick-up in Ottawa (no shipping)
CAD $50.85
Shipping anywhere in Canada
CAD $70.85
Shipping anywhere in US
$70.00 (U.S. Dollars)
Shipping Outside of USA/CANADA
CAD $85.00
How to Pay:
Through cheque
Send a cheque through the post:
Payable to the RCA
50 Sussex Dr
Ottawa, ON
Canada
K1M 2C9
Online
Pay through paypal link:
Follow the link paypal.me/RCAARC
Book too hard to find. Needs more exposure.
Wasn’t there a video/film that she was working on?
During a family camping trip in the late 1960s to early 1970s, we journeyed through Sackville. At that time, I was an active member (1277) of the Radio Canada Shortwave Club. Seeing the transmitter site majestically visible from the highway, I requested my parents if we could pay it a visit.
To my surprise, they agreed. Upon our arrival, I introduced myself as a member of the RCSWC to the first person I met. This led to an unexpected tour of the facility. The staff were incredibly welcoming. Regrettably, I didn’t have a camera. However, the vivid images of the site have been etched into my memory ever since.
Not a cheap book, cost almost as Antenna.
** Years ago I passed near Sackville but didn’t stop to take a photo….