On August 18th, 2007, the Mission District Historical Society invited SPARC to be part of the 100th anniversary celebration of their Bank of Commerce building that houses the Mission Museum collection. It was a perfect day, sitting comfortably on the museum porch, with the Mission bridge and the Fraser Valley mountains in the distance. Below us in the parking lot were displays and activities for all. Shown are Elaine and Jack presiding (Peter took the picture).
Below, our operating position… This is the first outing for our recently acquired Collins 212-J1 portable remote mixer that once saw service when CKWX was broadcasting the baseball games from Nat Bailey stadium. Feeding it, we have a “Broadcast Electronics” cartridge tape player, and an Ampex AG-600, now in running shape, because we found a new belt for it. The other tape machine is the Revox A-77 acquired from CJAV in Port Alberni. This is the Revox’s fourth outing. Also, on the desk, can be seen a wireless mike (ex-CBC) that we use to go out into the crowd for on-the-spot action.
