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Space factory: Jan Spisar operates TV dish antenna he's developed at his Rexdale factory
Space factory: Jan Spisar operates TV dish antenna he's developed at his Rexdale factory

Space factory: Jan Spisar operates TV dish antenna he's developed at his Rexdale factory

Date12/9/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Space factory: Jan Spisar operates TV dish antenna he's developed at his Rexdale factory.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017852F
The dish: Looking like a wire-mesh backstop this homemade reflector built with $150 worth of material can pull in 40 channels from TV satellites 20,000 miles away
The dish: Looking like a wire-mesh backstop this homemade reflector built with $150 worth of material can pull in 40 channels from TV satellites 20,000 miles away
9/4/1980
Mike Caruso - Antenna Dealer
Mike Caruso - Antenna Dealer
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CBC can transmit TV from space, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has capability to send live programs around world with its new Telesat mobile earth (...)
CBC can transmit TV from space, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has capability to send live programs around world with its new Telesat mobile earth (...)
12/4/1974
Aiming at satellites: Toronto Stock Exchange engineer Heinz Gwisdek uses a sextant to aim a satellite dish on top of The Star building at One Yonge St
Aiming at satellites: Toronto Stock Exchange engineer Heinz Gwisdek uses a sextant to aim a satellite dish on top of The Star building at One Yonge St
9/1/1983
Construction King: Mark Lawee, 15, knows how to use the chain saw he The tennager, who enters Grade 9 next month, operates his own contracting and has had up to five adults working for him, He's saving for a used truck
Construction King: Mark Lawee, 15, knows how to use the chain saw he The tennager, who enters Grade 9 next month, operates his own contracting and has had up to five adults working for him, He's saving for a used truck
8/4/1983
Canada's own mobile earth station can beam a signal 22,300 miles to Anik, this country's space satellite
Canada's own mobile earth station can beam a signal 22,300 miles to Anik, this country's space satellite
4/1/1975
Dennis Weaver stars as a middle-aged man who faces up to his illiteracy in Bluffing it, an ABC TV movie filming around Toronto. This fall, he'll play a surgeon or rancher, who operates in his boots
Dennis Weaver stars as a middle-aged man who faces up to his illiteracy in Bluffing it, an ABC TV movie filming around Toronto. This fall, he'll play a surgeon or rancher, who operates in his boots
6/12/1987
Digital Multipoint Distribution - Look TV
Digital Multipoint Distribution - Look TV
12/10/1998
Losing battle: Etobicoke hairdresser Joseph DiStefano would rather switch than fight. So he's getting rid of all four video games he operates rather than remove two of them.
Losing battle: Etobicoke hairdresser Joseph DiStefano would rather switch than fight. So he's getting rid of all four video games he operates rather than remove two of them.
4/14/1982
Satellite dishes: Jan Spisar of Television by Satellite Ltd
Satellite dishes: Jan Spisar of Television by Satellite Ltd
1/14/1982
He's willing to sell - if the price is right - to make way for the planned $250 million Eaton Centre proposed for the area, but Kirk Johnson, who operates the J
He's willing to sell - if the price is right - to make way for the planned $250 million Eaton Centre proposed for the area, but Kirk Johnson, who operates the J
2/6/1971
He's bullish: Stock-market analyst Richard Dorman says cemetery business of Arbor Resources, which operates under the name Memorial Gardens, is virtually recession-proof and offers promising growth.
He's bullish: Stock-market analyst Richard Dorman says cemetery business of Arbor Resources, which operates under the name Memorial Gardens, is virtually recession-proof and offers promising growth.
4/28/1982