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If we can get Satellite TV removed, and diligently packed scores, news, or download a in the messes, and we can get up to ship home for later use. new movie, book, or music is cable internet at home, why A new shiny satellite dish was important to the quality of life can’t we have cable internet plopped in the same location. at sea? for sailors at sea. Sector blanking zones to avoid The Heads of Departments The Royal Canadian Navy is electronic mutual interference went to work. committed to improving our Researching options, risks, and radiation hazard issues sailors’ quality of life, connec- costs and developing solutions were programmed in. Naval tivity goes a long way to keep- and mitigations to each hurdle Communicators configured the ing the navy a top employer. encountered, team REGi-Net network, creating firewalls and The navy has been working plugged away like code break- blocking unscrupulous sites. hard to deliver Wi-Fi to sailors ers at Bletchley Park. The key to it all: use the at sea, and there is light at the Radiation hazard consider- same cabling as Satellite TV. No end of the tunnel. Wi-Fi at sea ations, check. need for costly new cables run- is currently being installed in Emissions security concerns, ning through watertight zones. for evaluation HMCS Ottawa check. We had coaxial cables carrying during their upcoming deploy- Weight and stability, check. Satellite TV signals going to ment, and short work periods Finances and contracting, each mess, and coaxial cables are being scheduled to install check. can carry the Internet well. All this system in other ships. This Finally, full of optimism, the we needed was a new satel- project will deliver Wi-Fi sys- team made their pitch in a tems to messes, connecting sail- lite dish. Add in a few tweaks, briefing note. REGi-Net was such as web caching, call up a OS Levi Thompson enjoys surfing the Internet in the Junior ors with home. 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Combat Systems Engineer Midfielder Ben Fisk was in Ottawa, and soccer fan, among the team’s play- was one of the sailors con- ers who fully enjoyed ducting the guided tours. the opportunity to visit “It’s always a pleasure a Canadian military base. showing what the navy has Fisk’s family has strong to offer and it’s good to ties to Canada’s navy, have some great guests like among them his grandfa- this to show it to. Tours like ther Ronald Routledge. these are a great opportu- Routledge served as nity to build new relation- 4 • LOOKOUT CELEBRATING 76 YEARS PROVIDING RCN NEWS July 15, 2019 ofOPINION WHO WE ARE WHATmatters SAY YOU MANAGING EDITOR Melissa Atkinson 250-363-3372 While member’s of the Pacific Football Club tour HMCS Ottawa Lookout asked: [email protected] People Talk What is your favourite food and why? STAFF WRITERS Peter Mallett 250-363-3130 [email protected] PRODUCTION Teresa Laird 250-363-8033 [email protected] Bill Cochrane 250-363-8033 [email protected] ACCOUNTS/CLASSIFIEDS/RECEPTION Jennifer Barker 250-363-3127 SALES REPRESENTATIVES Ivan Groth 250-363-3133 My favourite food is pasta. Why? Chicken with rice and potato You can never go wrong with Pizza. Sorry, it is so typical, but it [email protected] I’m Italian. I think that explains salad. It is the traditional food pizza. Pizza is an easy choice. is so good. I like prosciutto, pesto, most of it. of Panama. - Arroz con pollo y Traditional ingredients, pepperoni, and a lot of cheese. Pizza is the Joshua Buck 250-363-8602 Alessandro Hojabrpour (Italy) ensalada de papas. Es la comida and cheese. I’m pretty simple.