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On my frequent travels along Plenty Rd, north of Melbourne, I have noticed an antenna which can be seen just north of McDonald Rd on the western side.
It appears to have a braced structure on top. Looking at Google maps satellite view, it is located in the northeast corner of a block containg four large tanks.
On close inspection of the image, the top structure looks like two small loop skywires, or perhaps it is top loading. Or perhaps it's a very tall Hills Hoist hock: hock:

Any ideas?

73
Nev

PS Another reason for this post is to keep the forum ticking over. It's a bit moribund at the moment, unfortunately.

Looks like some kind of MW antenna. Probably this site.

That's it Lou. Must have a listen.

Nev

Hi Nev,

Unlikely you'll understand any of it as it's a foreign language broadcast but it might give you some good ideas for a 160m antenna. For 400W it's certainly a cracking signal into Geelong.

I see the antenna is a "linear vertical" and given that it is in the corner of the block I wonder what sort of earth system it uses.
Probably whatever fits.

Nev