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Photograph - Radio Telephone Console, Melbourne Coastal Radio Station, Cape Schanck, Victoria, 1999
Reg. No: MM 084005
- Summary:
- Photograph of VHF radio telephone console (later version) at Melbourne Coastal Radio Station, Cape Schanck, Victoria. The wooden frame of the console was built by Tom Picken, using hidden dovetail joints. Tom was one of the groundsmen at the Station. The other two were Bill Murdoch and Rob Birch
This image is one of a series collected from the Melbourne Radio Station at Cape Schanck in June 2002, just prior to the closure of the Station on 30 June 2002. The photographs cover various events in the history of the Station and were taken by various photographers. - Description:
- Photographic colour print.
- Description Of Content:
- VHF radio telephone console (later version). The wooden frame of the console was built by Tom Picken, using hidden dovetail joints.
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 102 mm (Width), 152 mm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | telegraph equipment, radio receivers, communications, radio stations, radio transmitters, wireless telegraphy |
| Themes this item is part of: | Information & Communication Collection, Melbourne Coastal Radio Station, Australian Coastal Radio Service, 1912-2002, Melbourne Coastal Radio, Reminiscences of an OTC Technician, 1969-1992, Australian Coastal Radio Service, 1912-2012 |
| Primary Classification: | COMMUNICATIONS |
| Secondary Classification: | Radio |
| Tertiary Classification: | images (to be classified) |
| Format: | Photograph: Colour; 6x4 |
| User of Item Depicted: | Telstra - Australian Maritime Communication Service (Australian MCS) Melbourne Maritime Communication Service (Melbourne MCS), Cape Schanck, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, 01 Feb 1999 |
| References: | Melbourne MCS (Melbourne Maritime Coastal Service) accessed 13 March 2012 http://coastradio.info/vim.html |
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