Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 14, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnic i Prus. Wion Uday. No Vimr m. I satellite salesmen Busy by Jeff ca1iuther8 free Preiti Ottawa _ Telesa Canada to tit ind Canadian a t i 1 telecommunications new come up with a communications offer three Oil companies cannot refuse the offer is to provide Oil men at rigs on Richards Island in the Mackenzie Delta with a satellite communications link direct to their head offices in Calgary. And it won t Cost a dime. Of t number of planned satellite communications experiments to show just How versatile Canada s High flying communications satellite really is. And it s a Tough test to begin with the Arctic Winter during february March and april is at its howling worst. So if it works then Telesa Canada will probably have some pretty interested. Potential on its hands or More correctly some customers for the 1 e s a t s own customers the common carriers. Starting in february three major Oil companies will have use of a special transportable Earth station a link to the Anik satellite for 30 Days each. The set up will in effect put Extension telephones at Rich Ards Island that Are connected instantaneously with the main switchboard of the Oil Compa Nies in Calgary. I the Oil companies Gulf Oil Imperial Oil and Shell won t have to pay anything for the extra service because it s a ult to see. If in fact the system will work. Bell Canada will provide Access to the Anik satellite via its thin route Telephone Channel and Canadian National telecommunications will provide Access to its Calgary telex Centre via the satellite with the Richards Island telex effectively being a Calgary customer. To Call Calgary an Oil Man will merely have to pick up his Telephone and dial a local Extension of the person in the Calgary head office he wants to speak to. For Calgary head office lie Call procedure will be just As simple. Long Dis Tance charges will Only begin if the Arctic Calls go to communities outside of Calgary the Calls will be routed to the transportable Earth station relayed to the Anik satellite and then to the Allan Park main Earth station near Toron to from there Calls will go to Ottawa to Alberta and Cal Gary. And since the Anik satellite is involved it la take split second and it will always get through. At present the Oil men in the Arctic must rely on troops Phenic scatter radio systems which Don t usually work Well often Don t work at All. Telesa Canada the govern ment established owner and operator of the Anik satellite regards the Experiment As an important first which could important expansions in uses of the Anik satellites to connect temporary communities and Sites of activities such As Oil exploration rigs with More permanent the North or in Southern Canada. Telesa Canada is hoping eventually to convince1 Oil and Gas companies to use Anik to provide communications leaks for any Mackenzie Valley pipe line. Such a Multi million Dol Lar undertaking could in turn be the trigger for the Long awaited issuance of Telesa shares to the Public. At Only the govern ment and the participating common carriers own Stock in Telesa. I the portable Earth station for the Oil Experiment was de signed by Hughes aircraft of California the same company that built the Anik satellites. Telesa which has designed its own Mobile Earth stations plans to have some experiments of its own next summer. An Imperial Oil company spokesman in Calgary said monday that the Oil companies Are interested in testing a to bile Earth station on Oil rigs off the East coast. He said the companies which Are All exploring for Oil on Richards Island in the Mac Kenzie Delta will probably be interested in purchasing com Mercial satellite service there if the Experiment Early next year works. Well have to negotiate the rates for that ser vice after the demonstration. The Hughes Earth station is scheduled to be on display at a Petroleum show in Calgary in May. Properly fleeced London up a fury grown sheep found wandering near London s Euston station has created a Host of woolly problems for police. Frank Pawlowski claims ownership of the animal and says he wants to sacrifice it to a Sun god in a religious ritual. The society for prevention of cruelty to Ani Mala lays this is illegal. While dispute rages the throw yer old Ewe has eaten thu imm around the police Tea 1 too when she is detained. 9. I the it. Men Iii today s fashion forefront Are coming Jive with new style and color two distinctive styles with a Caswel look that also makes it for dress priced jilt right. Bold and Beautiful new As tomorrow. Your Choice of solids or patterns 100% polyester Dou ble knit sports 2 Button Flap pockets and 1 breast pocket Viz Rayon lining sizes 38-44 regular or tall. Great looking patterns i doors open 10 . To 10 . Mon. Thru Fri. 9 . To 10 . Sat. Grant Park Northgate Plaza Nairn 159 All you fealty acid charge it ;