THE HISTORY OF SHORTWAVE RADIO IN AUSTRALIA

Timeline - Part Two - 1928 to 2012

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Project Overview
1800s - Land Telegraphy
1874 - Guglielmo Marconi - a Tribute
1895 - Wireless Telegraphy
1901 - Wireless Telegraphy
1902 - Wireless Telegraphy in Australia
1904 - Australian Coastal Radio
1906 - Wireless Telephony
1912 - Melbourne Radio - VIM
1914 - Shortwave Wireless Telephony
1920s - Commercial Shortwave Telephony Development
1920s - Receivers
1920 - The huge RCA Longwave Station in New York
1920 - Wireless broadcasting in Australia
1920s - First shortwave stations in Victoria
1921 - Discovery of Shortwave Propagation
1921 - Koo Wee Rup (Victoria) Experimental Wireless Receiving Station
1923- Longwave Broadcasting in Australia
1923 - Evolution of Australian Domestic Radio
1924 - 3LO - Melbourne's Second Broadcaster
1924 - 3AR - Melbourne's first broadcaster
1924 - The Braybrook (Melbourne) Transmitting Site
1925 - First Shortwave Stations in Western Australia
1926 - First Shortwave Stations in New South Wales
1926 - RAAF Communications - Laverton (Vic)
1927 - Beam Wireless Worldwide
1927 - Beam Wireless from Australia
1928 - ABC Lyndhurst (Victoria)
1930 - AWA Receiving Station at La Perouse (Sydney)
1930 - AWA Radio Centre at Pennant Hills
1933 (to 1969) - Shortwave Radio Clubs in Australia
1936 - Ship Broadcaster - the MS Kanimbla
1939 - Belconnen Communications Station (Canberra)
1940 - RAAF Receiving Station at Werribee (Victoria)
1941 - RAAF Frognall (Melbourne)
1941 - ABC Brisbane
1942 - Army Wireless Chain - west of Melbourne
1942 - Dutch Stations in Australia
1943 - ABC Radio Australia - Shepparton (Victoria)
1943 - Army Shortwave HF Stations in Melbourne
1944 - ABC - Radio Australia - Looking Back
1945 - PMG Receiving Station - Highpark (Victoria)
1945 - Radio Australia - DXers Calling
1946 - Radio Australia - Communications Programs
1946 - VNG Time Signal Station
1948 - Radio Australia QSL Cards
1948 - ABC Sydney
1966 - ABC Cox Peninsula (Darwin)
1970 (to 2012) - Shortwave Radio Clubs in Australia
1975 - ABC Gnangara (Western Australia)
1975 - ABC Carnarvon (Western Australia)
1978 - Omega Navigation Station - Woodside (Victoria)
1985 - ABC Northern Territory
1989 - ABC Brandon (Queensland)
2003 - Private Shortwave Broadcasters
Timeline - Part One - 1839 to 1927
Timeline - Part Two - 1928 to 2012
SPECIAL - Licencing of Shortwave Broadcasters
SPECIAL - Radio Receivers for Shortwave
SPECIAL - Radio Monitoring as a Hobby
Epilogue
Bibliography, References and Resources
Links to the author's personal websites

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1928 India – beam wireless starts

1928 Victoria – Lyndhurst shortwave transmitter opens as VK3LR

1930 Victoria - Melbourne 3UZ - tests on SW

1932 Australian Broadcasting Commission forms

1932 USA - First telephony broadcasts from Rocky Point

1932 Victoria - VIM Melbourne Radio site in Domain demolished

1933 Victoria – "Listener In" magazine launches the Australian DX Club from Melbourne

1934 Victoria - Koo Wee Rup receiving station destroyed in floods

1934 Victoria – Lyndhurst shortwave transmitter used for outback services

1936 International Waters – VK9MI opens shortwave from MV Kanimbla

1936 Victoria – Lyndhurst shortwave broadcasts in French to Pacific Islands

1937 WA - Perth 6WF - first commercial shortwave station in Australia opens

1937 WA - Perth VK6MI - starts on shortwave

1938 Victoria - Melbourne 3LO and 3AR - new transmission site at Sydenham opens

1938 NSW – Radio and Hobbies magazine launched from Sydney

1939 ACT – Belconnen Navy station opens

1939 International Waters – VK9MI closes shortwave from MV Kanimbla

1939 WA -  Perth - VK6MI closes

1939 NSW - Sydney - VK2ME closes

1939 Victoria – Lyndhurst – “Australia Calling” shortwave service opens

1939 Victoria - VK3ME closes down

1940 Victoria – RAAF radio centre at Werribee Base opens

1941 Victoria – Laverton RAAF radio centre opens

1942 Victoria – Army Wireless Chain opens from Diggers Rest/Rockbank

1942 Victoria – Dutch Radiotelegraphy station opens from Craigieburn

1943 Queensland – ABCshortwave from Brisbane opens

1943 Victoria – Army transmitting and receiving stations open at N. Ringwood and Coldstream

1943 Victoria – Shepparton shortwave station opens

1945 Victoria – Army transmitting and receiving stations close at N. Ringwood and Coldstream

1945 Victoria – Post Office receiving station starts at Highpark

1945 Victoria – RAAF communications station at “Frognall”, Canterbury opens

1946 Victoria – Dutch Radiotelegraphy station closes from Craigieburn

1946 Victoria – first edition of “Australian DXers’ Calling” from Radioi Australia

1946 Victoria – Lymndhiurst - VNG Tiome DSujgnal station opens

1947 Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia (OTC/A) formed

1947 Victoria - RAAF radio centre at Werribee Base opens

1948 NSW – ABC sjhoifrtwave starts from Sydney

1950 Victoria - Braybrook transmitter site dismantled

1954 Victoria - "Listener In" magazine closes

1957 Victoria – Branch of the New Zealand DX Radio Association starts from Melbourne

1960s USA - Rocky Point facility dismantled

1964 NSW – Branch of the New Zealand Radio DX League starts from Sydney

1965 NSW - Australian Radio DX Club starts from Sydney

1966 Victoria – Army Wireless Chain closes from Diggers Rest/Rockbank

1966 Victoria - Beam Wireless station at Ballan closes down

1966 Victoria - VIM Melbourne Radio new transmitter site at Cape Schanck opens

1967 Victoria - Australian Radio DX Club operations transferred to Melbourne

1968 NT – Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission station for Radio Australia opens

1968 WA – Radio Australia tests from Gnangara

1969 Victoria – beam wireless Ballan/Rockbank closes

1970 WA - Radio Australia starts from Gnangara

1974 NT – Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission station for Radio Australia closes

1975 WA - Radio Australia closes from Gnangara

1975 WA - Radio Australia starts from Carnarvon

1976 Victoria – final edition of “Austtralian DXers’ Calling” Radio Australia

1978 Victoria – US Navy Omega station starts  at Woodside

1980 Victoria – Post Office receiving station closes at Highpark

1983 NSW – ABC shortwave closes from Sydney

1984 NT – Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission station for Radio Australia reopens

1984 Victoria – RAAF communications station at “Frognall”, Canterbury closes

1984 Victoria – Radio Australia production relocates to new building at East Burwood

1985 NT – ABC opens shortwave stations at Alice Springs, Katherine, and Tennant Creek

1987 Victoria – Lymndhiurst - VNG Tiome DSujgnal station closes

1989 Queensland – Brandon - Radio Australia opens

1992 OTC/A merges with Telecom (Telstra), becomes AOTC

1993 Queensland – ABCshortwave from Brisbane closes

1994 Victoria – Laverton RAAF radio centre closes

1994 Victoria – Radio Australia production closes at East Burwood, moves to Southbank

1995 All Victorian - based ABC operations transferred to new building at Southbank

1996 WA - Radio Australia closes from Carnarvon

1997 NT - Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission station for Radio Australia closes

1999 Final Morse message from Australia - Melbourne Radio VIM relocated to Canberra

2000 NT - Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission station sold to Christian Vision

2002 All Telstra coast stations close

2003 NT – Darwin ARDS opens

2003 WA – Kunnanurra HCJB opens

2005 ACT – Belconnen Navy station closes

2006 VHF Seaphone service closes

2007 NT – Darwin ARDS closes

2008 Victoria – US Navy Omega station at Woodside closes

2010 NT - Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission station of Christian Vision closes

2010 Victoria - WIA re-enacts Koo Wee Rup experiments between England and Australia

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