Radio Reminiscences

[VK5PJ]

okay, love it or hate it here are a few tales from my Jindalee days.

[VK3RX]

Fascinating Thanks for this.

This should be published elsewhere also e.g. AR - where is Roger Harrison?

Edit: I remembered seeing these on You Tube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk8G0gfi-tQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVionry3AY4

[VK5PJ]

here is a youtube video with stuff from my era, you even get to see the OP's room, old and new... stuff I could not describe without getting in trouble but here it is in full colour on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI8zmnls-aM

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and again.... public approved information.. from a period just after I left, its a bit adhoc as was done by then then small local TV station (Impaja)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy2jHH2Gpmw

[VK3RX]

Very good - I particularly liked the second one

With the first link I posted, what's the significance of the CW WQAB964 at the 4:13 mark?

[VK5PJ]

Hi Damien,
the signal he shows at that time is not an OTHR signal as far as I know, it was shown as an adjacent signal but not related in my experience. I would imagine things have moved on considerably but could not ever imagine a Defence department asset ever giving a CW ID
Peter.

[VK2CSW]

Hi Damien,
the signal he shows at that time is not an OTHR signal as far as I know, it was shown as an adjacent signal but not related in my experience.  I would imagine things have moved on considerably but could not ever imagine a Defence department asset ever giving a CW ID
Peter.

WQAB964 appears to be this mob:
https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSear...ey=2616358
https://sailmail.com/

They do HF SSB email apparently (amongst other things).

[VK3RX]

Interesting that ident came up right in the centre of the passband when the JORN transmission finished and at about the same strength, hence my query.

[VK2CSW]

I wonder if sailmail's instruction for HF SSB use caused someone to think JORN signals were sailmail ones?

"Check all of the frequencies by scrolling through the stations and frequencies in the pull down menus.  Your radio should be remotely tuned by the PC/modem to a frequency that is 1.5 kHz below the frequency that you select via AirMail, if you hear a periodic “chip, chirp” or a periodic “rasping” sound at 2-4 second intervals, that’s somebody else using that station.    Listen carefully, and when the station is idle then click the left-most green button (from the Terminal Window)."

[VK3RX]

Could very well be the case